ethnic restaurants
Foreign cuisine establishments
Ethnic restaurants serve food associated with a particular national or cultural cuisine, typically one foreign to the area where the restaurant operates: There's a great stretch of ethnic restaurants on that block—Thai, Ethiopian, Mexican.
The term often implies cuisines outside the mainstream, so in America a French bistro might escape the label while a Vietnamese pho shop wouldn't.
What counts as "ethnic" shifts with perspective and demographics.
- EthiopianFrom Africa's oldest nation
- ChineseOf that Asian nation
- IndianPerson from either continent
- menuList of available dishes
- lunch specialReduced-price midday entrée
Greek · ethnic enclaves · family-owned · tandoori · Italian · immigrant communities · hole-in-the-wall · cash only · tradition · pho · Chinatown · authenticity · dim sum · taqueria · mom-and-pop · curry · multiculturalism · Mexican
- food industryrestaurants, eateries, fast food, cafeterias, catering
- ethnic neighborhoodsfood markets, cultural centers, festivals, temples, mosques
- immigrant businessesbodegas, corner stores, delis, nail salons, dry cleaners
- College Towncampus, dorms, student housing, fraternities, sororities
- ethnic foodssushi, tacos, pad thai, curry, hummus
- diverse neighborhoodsethnic neighborhoods, mixed neighborhoods, ethnic enclaves, Chinatown, Koreatown