dining establishments
Places serving meals
Places where food is prepared and served to customers who eat on the premises.
The phrase is formal and administrative, appearing in health codes, zoning regulations, and business classifications rather than everyday speech.
It encompasses restaurants, cafés, diners, and any other venue where people pay to be fed: The city requires all dining establishments to post inspection grades.
- white tableclothPale fabric covering tables
- bistroInformal small restaurant
- restaurantPlace serving meals
- sushi barCounter serving raw fish
- caféCasual eatery serving drinks
greasy spoon · hole in the wall · food truck · brasserie · trattoria · steakhouse · cantina · eatery · pizzeria · fish and chips · pub · chophouse · tavern · cafeteria · food court · fast food · drive thru · izakaya
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Meals prepared at residence
private residence · self-catering · brown-bagging · packed lunch · private dining
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Seeking wild food sources
subsistence farming · hunting and gathering · grocery stores · supermarkets · food markets
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