restaurant
an establishment where meals are served to customers.
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How to use restaurant in a sentence
The awards might be off, but the volunteer committee that orchestrates the restaurant and chef awards has made known to the foundation’s chairman that their “faith in the Foundation has been shaken.”
The Mess That Is the 2020 James Beard Awards, Explained | Elazar Sontag | September 11, 2020 | EaterWhich is just one more reason restaurants should be getting a bailout instead of having to risk people’s health to stay afloat.
CDC Finds Adults With COVID-19 Were Twice as Likely to Have Been to a Restaurant | Jaya Saxena | September 11, 2020 | EaterThe pandemic has upended industry norms, pushing restaurants to add service charges and raise wages
Three D.C. Restaurants Explain Why They’re Eliminating Tipping | Eater Staff | September 10, 2020 | EaterSpice companies like Penzeys and Spicewalla, as well as restaurants, have been selling more mixes than ever.
Everyone knows restaurants are struggling—Tom Colicchio tweeted that with outdoor dining, his restaurants are doing just 20 percent of their usual business.
People Are Dining Out, They Just Don’t Want Anyone to Know About It | Jaya Saxena | September 3, 2020 | Eater
The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
Any restaurant with a sustained fame ends up becoming a set, of sorts, and on that front, Sotto Sotto cinched it.
The Fiery Death of Sotto Sotto, Toronto’s Celebrity Hotspot | Shinan Govani | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen I saw the fire in the restaurant, I ran down to the floor below, where I was trapped between flames above and below.
‘We’re Going to Die’: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's nothing for someone to walk up to me in the store or at a restaurant and ask for an autograph or speak to me.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex | Aurora Snow | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI learned that he was working and living in the Lower East Side, delivering orders for an Italian restaurant and raising two kids.
I often recall the farewell lunch we had together at the restaurant de Paris, in the Escolta.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThere was much movement, life, laughter, carriages in the street driving from restaurant to theatre.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHe remembers the good dinners at the little restaurant near his studio, where they dined among the old crowd.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithBelow it is the café and restaurant de la Rotonde, a very well-built looking place, with its rounding façade on the corner.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithShe will hunt for some small restaurant, sacred in its exclusiveness and known only to a dozen bon camarades of the Quarter.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
British Dictionary definitions for restaurant
/ (ˈrɛstəˌrɒŋ, ˈrɛstrɒŋ, -rɒnt) /
a commercial establishment where meals are prepared and served to customers
Origin of restaurant
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