osteria

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noun

A small local restaurant in (usually rural) Italy.

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Meanings

nounosteria (plural osterias or osterie)

plural osterias · plural osterie

  1. A small local restaurant in (usually rural) Italy.
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    And though the standard fare at the mountain osterias known as rifugios largely remains slabs of speck and strong local cheese, there are exceptions — most notably Col Alt, a rifugio above Corvara accessible only by ski lift, where meat dishes take the form of succulent venison or rabbit, and bottles of aged Barolo offer a noble complement to the soaring mountain vistas.

    2015 August 13, Robert Draper, “In Italy, Hiking and Haute Cuisine in the Dolomites”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Italianosteria
  2. Englishosteria

Borrowed from Italian osteria. Doublet of hostry.

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