ethnic restaurant
Foreign cuisine spot
An ethnic restaurant serves food associated with a particular national or cultural cuisine, typically one considered foreign or exotic relative to the local mainstream: There's a great little ethnic restaurant that serves Ethiopian food.
The term often implies smaller, family-run establishments rather than chains, and carries an implicit contrast with dominant local cuisine—in the United States, "ethnic" rarely describes steakhouses or diners.
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- spicesAromatic food flavorings
- spice rackCulinary seasoning storage unit
- authenticVerified as original
immigrant · neighborhood · strip mall · family-owned · cash only · aromatic · menu · takeout menu · lunch special · flavors · cultural · curry · noodles · homeland · recipes · traditional · family recipe · foreign
- cultural diversitycultural diversity, Chinatown, Little Italy, international district, cultural district
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- ethnic marketsAsian market, Korean market, Chinese grocery, Indian grocery, German market
- heritagecultural traditions, museum, national heritage, archive, monument
- Diverse BusinessesMBE, women-owned business, veteran-owned business
ethnic restaurantdiner
Casual American eatery
chain restaurant · food court · family restaurant · cafeteria · greasy spoon
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