We sat in the 'front parlor' [=a parlor in the front of a house/apartment] and had a nice visit.
a beauty/funeral/tattoo 'parlor'
an ice-cream 'parlor'
(..) He pulls out a gun. The gun goes off. Some kid gets killed. When the grandmother hears... ...she has a heart attack and drops dead. Now Jeannie has a husband and son in jail and a mother in the funeral parlor. - Jeannie drinks. - Maybe she is depressed. Give me a break. She is drunk. (..)1990 Goodfellas