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| beanery |
(informal) a cheap restaurant. |
| booking |
a reservation for space, as at a hotel or restaurant or on a plane or ship. [1/2 definitions] |
| brasserie |
an informal restaurant that serves beer as well as food. |
| bus2 |
to clear (tables), as in a restaurant. |
| busboy |
a man or boy who works in a restaurant setting tables, clearing dishes, or the like. |
| busgirl |
a woman or girl who works in a restaurant setting tables, clearing dishes, or the like. |
| cabaret |
a nightclub or restaurant that provides food, liquor, and live entertainment. |
| café |
an informal restaurant, coffee shop, or barroom that usually specializes in simple meals, coffees, and desserts. |
| cafeteria |
a dining hall or restaurant in which customers select or are served their food at a counter and carry it on trays to their tables. |
| captain |
the chief waiter in a restaurant, or the chief bellhop in a hotel. [1/8 definitions] |
| carhop |
one who waits on customers in their cars at a drive-in restaurant. |
| check |
a bill for food and drink at a bar or restaurant. [1/19 definitions] |
| chef |
a skilled or professional cook, esp. one in charge of a hotel or restaurant kitchen. |
| chophouse |
a restaurant that mainly serves chops and steaks. |
| cocktail lounge |
a room or seating area, usu. in a hotel or restaurant, in which alcoholic drinks are served. |
| coffeehouse |
a small, informal restaurant that specializes in coffee and light meals, and to which its patrons often come to socialize, listen to music, read, or the like; café. |
| coffee shop |
a small restaurant that serves coffee, snacks, and light meals. |
| diner |
an informal roadside restaurant serving meals at a long counter or booths. [1/3 definitions] |
| doggie bag |
a bag or box in which a restaurant will pack leftovers of a patron's meal to betaken home, presumably to be fed to a pet. |
| eatery |
(informal) a café, diner, or restaurant. |
| eat out |
to have dinner at a restaurant, as opposed to eating at home. |
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