: an informal usually French restaurant serving simple hearty food
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The lobby-level draw is the brasserie, The Merchant Room, from Minneapolis wunderkind Gavin Kaysen.
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Answers include the $78 poulet rôti with foie gras jus, pommes Fifi, and salade verte at Chez Fifi, a ritzy brasserie in an Upper East Side townhouse.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
Food and drink A destination among Parisians, the old-world brasserie on the ground-floor has plush banquettes and soaring ceilings and serves up comforting Parisian classics, from chicken liver pâté to roasted pork belly with crisp frites.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
Opposite Lincoln Center, Brasserie Boulud reimagines the classic French brasserie across two floors.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Answers include the $78 poulet rôti with foie gras jus, pommes Fifi, and salade verte at Chez Fifi, a ritzy brasserie in an Upper East Side townhouse.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
Food and drink A destination among Parisians, the old-world brasserie on the ground-floor has plush banquettes and soaring ceilings and serves up comforting Parisian classics, from chicken liver pâté to roasted pork belly with crisp frites.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
Opposite Lincoln Center, Brasserie Boulud reimagines the classic French brasserie across two floors.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for brasserie
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“Brasserie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brasserie. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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