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restaurants

NOUN

business establishment serving food and drink

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bar cafeteria coffee shop diner dining room inn joint outlet saloon

STRONG

canteen chophouse dive drive-in eatery grill hideaway lunchroom pizzeria

WEAK

café doughtnut shop eating house eating place fast-food place greasy spoon hamburger stand hashery hotdog stand luncheonette night club soda fountain watering hole

Example Sentences

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Shake Shack, meanwhile, swung to a first-quarter loss, dragged down by additional investments intended to drive traffic while consumers spend frugally at restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

SpaceX has been credited with helping revitalize Hawthorne, drawing in new restaurants, hotels and an arts complex, as local newspaper the Daily Breeze reported in 2017.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

For one thing, they are permanent residents of the community — teachers, firefighters, police, and service workers at the hotels, restaurants and resorts that bring in a tidal wave of visitors every winter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Cava opened 20 net new restaurants during the quarter, including new market entries across the Midwest in Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati; and St. Louis, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Before I can glare some more at Woo, the sword begins vibrating in my hands like those electric coasters that restaurants give you.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer