eatery

[ee-tuh-ree]

noun

Informal.

plural

eateries 

1. a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.

eatery

/ ˈiːtərɪ /

noun

1. informal,  a restaurant or eating house

Word History and Origins

Origin of eatery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; eat + -ery

Example Sentences

Another group, the Altadena Dining Club, formed to try to keep local eateries afloat amid a drop in foot traffic around town.

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"No one wants a war," said a woman surnamed Chen, whose guesthouse and eatery have a view of Xiamen's shiny skyscrapers.

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The recent resilience of independent eateries has helped them regain some lost market share.

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Made up of local residents wanting to save eateries that survived the fire, the dining club is the brainchild of Brooke Lohman-Janz, a displaced renter determined to preserve the fabric of Altadena.

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Chef Mo, who owns a tiny hole-in-the-wall eatery in Jeonju, forages her own mushrooms on the mountainside, grows produce in her backyard and makes most of her laborious, time-intensive dishes from scratch.

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Related Words

• bar 
• cafeteria 
• coffee shop 
• diner 
• dining room 
• inn 
• outlet 
• saloon