Meanings
plural ristorantes
- An Italian restaurant.
Americans who patronized these ristorantes for their liquor often developed a fondness for spaghetti and meatballs...
2004, Kathleen Morgan Drowne, Patrick Huber, The 1920's1 more example
The scene at the European-style bistros and ristorantes is all about business and social networking, just as much as it is at lunch at a restaurant like Michael’s (popular with the publishing crowd), or at dinner at Phillipe (hip-hop moguls, fashion designers).
2007 January 7, Julia Chaplin, “Breakfast Is Late, So Business Is Good”, in New York Times
Origin
- Italian-
- Italian-
- Englishristorante
Borrowed from Italian.
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