restaurants

plural of restaurant
as in diners
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant

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Recent Examples of restaurants New parks, public spaces, museums, and cultural venues opened, along with stores and restaurants to rival those of any European capital. Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026 Today, the hotel is managed by Sunday Hospitality, which also oversees a few New York City hotspot restaurants, like Rule of Thirds and Sunday in Brooklyn. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026 Reatil and quick-service restaurants can audit drive-thru bottlenecks, analyze foot traffic and flag point-of-sale (POS) anomalies. Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The man the restaurants were named for doesn’t get around much anymore. Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Joining Angel Du$t has added a growing list of new experiences to a career that began in restaurants, basements and small Charlotte venues. Courtney Devores, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 In a dining scene where restaurants and bars are plenty, even very good ones, Jay Sanders had seemingly risen to local celebrity status with his two acclaimed bars, Drastic Measures and Wild Child. Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 These iconic restaurants and bars have been serving good food, stiff drinks and memorable moments for decades, each one a vital part of the city’s culinary — and cultural — fabric. Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 10 Sep. 2026 Before Star Leaf, Feng operated multiple chicken rice restaurants in Singapore. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restaurants
Noun
  • How diners are faring Dozens of readers responded with their experiences.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And Sanders is credited as an altruistic, creative genius by diners, influencers and the media.
    Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For more variety, grab an outdoor pizza oven, classic grills, and smokers on sale.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Additionally, only natural gas or propane grills are allowed.
    Megan duBois, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Free breakfast and lunch for everyone wasn't always standard in school cafeterias, but families became used to the benefit during the pandemic, when federal rules temporarily changed.
    Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Recordings take place in school hallways, cafeterias, and classrooms, and feature interactions with other students as well as with staff and faculty.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Restaurants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restaurants. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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