Definition of restaurant
: a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased
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Examples of restaurant in a Sentence
when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant
Recent Examples of restaurant from the Web
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The restaurants, cafés and shops that line city streets are private.
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In the courtyard of La Esquina, a restaurant in Caracas’s upscale Chacao district, Alexandra Lovera lived the more pleasant half of her double life.
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Five years after The New York Times took a noise meter to restaurants, bars, stores and gyms across the city and found dangerous decibel levels, the city’s noise problem has only gotten worse, according to noise experts and residents.
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The Bellwether plays the hits found at any reliable neighborhood restaurant and adds another layer of delicious polish.
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The restaurant, which was featured on the Food Network show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, is in 3,636 square feet at 180 Inverness Plaza in Birmingham off of U.S. 280, the former location of Steak 'n Shake.
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In fact, Bella and Scott were seen uniting in New York City at popular restaurant Catch.
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Chef Jasper J. Mirabile Jr. of Jasper’s runs his family’s 62-year-old restaurant with his brother.
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The site was originally the Merribowl bowling alley and was later a Ditka's restaurant among other uses before the OTB took over.
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Origin and Etymology of restaurant
French, from present participle of restaurer to restore, from Latin restaurare
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RESTAURANT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of restaurant for English Language Learners
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: a place where you can buy and eat a meal
RESTAURANT Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of restaurant for Students
: a public eating place
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