Restaurant and Tavern

Restaurant

Restaurant noun - A public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises.

Usage example: when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant

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Tavern and restaurant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tavern" instead a noun "Restaurant".

Tavern noun - A place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises.

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Restaurant and tavern are semantically related. You can use "Restaurant" instead a noun "Tavern".

burning	burning restaurant	burning tavern
full	full restaurant	full tavern
particular	particular restaurant	particular tavern
public	public restaurant	public tavern
Other adjectives: small, entire, crowded, busy, famous, abandoned, titular, local, nearby, nearest, eponymous, upmarket.

Grillby in Undertale is always seen behind the bar of his tavern/restaurant in Snowdin, polishing a glass.

Source: Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping
First there's a restaurant and tavern, then you enter a secret undeground casino, then there's a sewer passage to Reuben's place, then... Well, you get the picture.

Source: Marathon Level
The Red Lobster restaurant was actually named after the Coachman's tavern from Pinocchio.

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Western Animation

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