Restaurant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

restaurant
    n 1: a building where people go to eat [syn: {restaurant},
         {eating house}, {eating place}, {eatery}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Restaurant \Res"tau*rant\ (r?s"t?*r?nt;277), n. [F., fr.
   restaurer. See {Restore}.]
   An eating house.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

53 Moby Thesaurus words for "restaurant":
      automat, beanery, bistro, buffet, buvette, cafe, cafeteria,
      canteen, cantina, chophouse, chuck wagon, coffee shop, coffeehouse,
      coffeeroom, commons, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, diner,
      dinette, dining car, dining hall, dining room, dining saloon,
      dog wagon, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house,
      fast-food chain, grill, grillroom, hamburger stand, hash house,
      hashery, hot-dog stand, kitchen, lunch counter, lunch wagon,
      luncheonette, lunchroom, mess, mess hall, messroom, pizzeria,
      quick-lunch counter, refectory, salle a manger, smorgasbord,
      snack bar, tavern, tearoom, trattoria