pizzeria

[peet-suh-ree-uh] / ˌpit səˈri ə /

NOUN

restaurant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bar cafeteria coffee shop diner dining room inn outlet saloon

STRONG

canteen chophouse drive-in eatery grill hideaway joint lunchroom

WEAK

café dive 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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Leg-spinner Crishan Kalugamage works in a pizzeria in Tuscany and topped up his three wickets against Nepal with the dismissals of England's Tom Banton and Sam Curran.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Soon even the humblest burgh in the hinterland could lay claim to a flourishing pizzeria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

So I went back with the children, while my husband stopped by a pizzeria for a takeaway.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

A pizzeria near the airport features a pie named for Joe Biden, though Mr. Biden found the featured jalapeño too spicy when he tried it during a visit in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

I watched the guy line up a dozen plastic bottles on a card table outside Mr. Georgiou's wrecked pizzeria.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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