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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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

Looking ahead, Cava now expects to open 76 to 78 restaurants for the year, compared with its previous forecast of 75 to 77.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Cerca Trova was once the largest Outback Steakhouse franchisee, with 99 restaurants in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Kempczinski said that the company was remodeling restaurants in part to increase space to offer more drinks.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Or they took up positions in the glitzy new downtown hotels and restaurants, waiting on tables and cleaning floors.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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