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

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restaurants

Returning members of the Somali diaspora, local entrepreneurs and investors helped fuel a construction boom, with new hotels, restaurants, businesses and residential developments reshaping the capital.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

If it doesn’t involve unlawful activity, such as impeding people from entering or exiting the restaurants or vandalism, then it enjoys legal protection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Cerca Trova also operates Outback Steakhouses in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico but said that California’s minimum wage laws have made labor especially pricey for a majority of its restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Hotels, restaurants, financial firms and construction companies also added more jobs.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

“He posts reviews for most of the restaurants he visits,” she said.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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