Thesaurus results for CAFETERIA

cafeteria

noun

as in restaurant

a place where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating The restaurant resembled a school cafeteria.

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Recent Examples of cafeteria This can sometimes be a challenge, but the District is committed to ensuring all students feel welcome when entering our schools and enjoying meals in our cafeteria. —

Rachel Del Guidice, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026 April’s closures also included multiple school cafeterias as well as supermarkets and corner stores, including Gardena Supermarket, which closed two separate times for the same citation. —

Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 Bayless described the current space as more like a cafeteria. —

Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 With this money, Johnson and fellow nurses provide up to two $7 cafeteria meal tickets per day to families. —

Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cafeteria

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Noun

One wonders if this is because his clientele skews a bit older than, say, Jean’s, a restaurant and club in downtown Manhattan that always seems crowded with glamorous women in their early twenties.

— Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Matching the anything-goes vibe that flows through the resort, the breezy restaurant pavilion is merely a suggestion—ordering lunch or dinner to your private terrace, a candlelit table on the beach, or one of the dozen-or-so secret seating nooks scattered around the property is actively encouraged.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026