human
Please generate a description of a a foreboding scene outside town with a tavern.
assistant
The shops and houses are drawn closer together in the western quarter than in the ring's southern quadrant, and in places obscure the view of the canals altogether. From the northwest, a theater barker's enticements to the passing crowds compete with the southeasterly noise of the bridge's traffic. A shuttered tavern, a favorite with entertainers and late-hour audiences crouches at the edge of the theater district.