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.

Related

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

Opposites
location of food preparation and consumption

dining establishmentshome cooking

Meals prepared at residence

private residence · self-catering · brown-bagging · packed lunch · private dining

food acquisition method

dining establishmentsforaging

Seeking wild food sources

subsistence farming · hunting and gathering · grocery stores · supermarkets · food markets

Family

dining, establishments, dine, diner, diners, dines, dined, establish, established

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G