Restaurant Meal Local Noun ˈrestrɒnt ˈrestrɑːnt Italian Opened

• we're going to try this italian restaurant that just opened.
• they stopped at a fast-food restaurant on the way to the concert.
• we had a meal in a restaurant.
• we went to my favourite restaurant to celebrate.

restaurant

1. a place where you can buy and eat a meal
• COMPARE cafe
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• We're going to try this Italian restaurant that just opened.
• They stopped at a fast-food restaurant on the way to the concert.
• We had a meal in a restaurant.
• We went to my favourite restaurant to celebrate.
• a restaurant chain/owner

Extra Examples

• a self-service restaurant
• If you're too tired to cook, let's go to a restaurant.
• It operates 79 restaurants in 26 states.
• Restaurant workers are often badly paid.
• She decided to open her own restaurant.
• She eats at the hotel restaurant when she travels on business.
• She frequented the restaurant on almost a weekly basis.
• She runs a family fish restaurant on the seafront.
• The hotel restaurant serves a buffet breakfast.
• They argued the whole time we were at the restaurant.
• They walked out of the restaurant without paying.
• We don't do a lot of restaurant dining.
• We had a quick meal in a small local restaurant.
• We would recommend this restaurant to anyone.
• a little restaurant I know in Paris
• a restaurant offering a wide variety of local specialities
• an Asian restaurant specializing in Thai cuisine
• hygiene standards in the restaurant industry
• some of the hottest restaurants in New York
• the country's most successful chain restaurants
• the few local shops and restaurants catering to summer visitors
• the increasing cost of restaurant meals

Word Origin

• early 19th cent.: from French, from restaurer ‘provide food for’ (literally ‘restore to a former state’).