restaurants

noun

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 Historic Printers Alley is chock full of restaurants, bars and music venues. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 As PepsiCo sought greater control over KFC’s franchised restaurants, disputes with operators emerged over franchise agreements and management policies. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026 Carpenter says today’s Silver Lake, with its corporate boutiques and private-equity restaurants, feels foreign to her. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 That idea that both food and atmosphere are important is shared by Sam Hart, the executive chef behind Spaghett and Counter-, which retained its Michelin Star at a ceremony in Nashville honoring the best restaurants in the South last week. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026 After working in restaurants for decades, the couple realized that hospitality had become an industry. — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 While some restaurants are taking a hit from higher costs, hospitality groups in metro Atlanta continue to expand. — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Sycamore Avenue is the heart of Hollywood’s burgeoning Sycamore District, which includes upmarket boutiques, restaurants and art galleries that have sprung up in the former industrial district. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 According to the licensing documents, both of these McDonald’s restaurants will be new construction, built from the ground up. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restaurants
  1. diners
  2. grills
  3. cafeterias
Noun
  • Many diners would vociferously argue that Wok-Inn is always worth any wait.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026
  • What is the clearest takeaway for diners who want beef tallow fries?
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of diners
Noun
  • In addition to an oversized layered T-shirt and long blue hair, Kardashian rocked maximalist black nails, grills, faux piercings, and heavy eye makeup that made the Skims founder almost unrecognizable.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The property also has two resort-style swimming pools, one with waterfalls and a rock-jumping feature, along with a tiki pavilion equipped with grills, televisions and a bar.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of grills
Noun
  • The country buffet is a very specific genre of restaurant, with origins in the cafeterias and meat-and-threes of the South.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of cafeterias

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“Restaurants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restaurants. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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