: an informal usually French restaurant serving simple hearty food
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The hotel's social and culinary focal point is the vast covered courtyard, with a skylight, where an all-day café, an izakaya and bar eatery, a brasserie, and fine-dining experience coexist in subtle separation.—Lindsey Tramuta, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025 From chic French brasseries to cozy Italian trattorias, the streets are filled with spots that make every meal feel like an occasion.—Molly Barstein, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025 Catty-corner with the Café de Flore, the address was previously a popular French brasserie and the location of the now-defunct Silencio des Prés and is surrounded by art galleries, high-end antiques specialists and bookstores.—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025 It was conceived as a brasserie serving 400 people per night, but that mission changed when Daniel Humm and Will Guidara purchased the restaurant from Meyer in 2011.—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brasserie
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, brewery, from Middle French brasser to brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin *braciare, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh brag malt
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