Meanings
plural bustaurants
- An eat-in restaurant situated inside a converted bus.
1 more example
But when Mr. Schick and his business partner, Blake Tally, decided to open Le Truc, a San Francisco "bustaurant," with a gourmet kitchen and dedicated seating area inside a converted school bus, the two quickly learned that the kitchens in food trucks are very different from their brick-and-mortar equivalents.
2011 January 14, Todd Lappin, “The Vehicle of Street Food Is Getting an Overhaul”, in The New York Times
Origin
Blend of bus + restaurant.
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