as in diner
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant

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Recent Examples of restaurant Ristorante Ottaviani: This Italian restaurant in the heart of downtown Cumberland has long been a local favorite. Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025 Pasta alla carbonara at Al Biondo Tevere, a neighborhood restaurant in Rome. The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025 Democratic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu offered her condolences to a knife-wielding man who was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer inside a Chick-fil-A restaurant on Saturday, which sparked backlash on social media. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025 In addition, the past two winters the Lodge has hosted a ski season pop-up of California’s heralded Michelin 3-Star restaurant SingleThread. Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for restaurant
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Noun
  • Some diners order a barbacoa plate and assemble their own meal, while others prefer to have the tender meat packed into tacos by El Milagrito’s seasoned cooks.
    Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Herb, according to a news release, presented the sandwich as a to-go of the diner classic Eggs Benedict to Ray Kroc, the businessman who transformed McDonald's into what folks know it as today.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Most notably are the cat cafes springing up around the country—there are reportedly 200 of these businesses located in the United States alone.
    Jackie (Ott) Jaakola, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Factors like longer-stay visas, reliable Wi-Fi, a fantastic cafe scene, and an array of cultural attractions and experiences are at the top of our checklist when deciding where to spend time.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Auction postings contain various pictures of what bidders would be receiving, including Blizzard ice cream machines, grills, chairs, booths, and walk-in freezers.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • However, the restaurants' assets, including Blizzard ice cream machines, grills, seating and walk-in freezers, are being auctioned off on LocalAuctions.com.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • King announced the creation of Operation Breadbasket in the cafeteria.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
  • After the initial awkwardness in the cafeteria, the Gaynors said, Kaspar and Carbona eventually came over and sat with them.
    Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025

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“Restaurant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restaurant. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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