Words / B2

EET-uh-ree/ˈiːtəri/

An eatery is a restaurant or café (informal): a local eatery; an all-night eatery. Restaurant is the neutral twin; café is typically lighter. Map the eatery on the high-street transect, then the land-use class. Mix-up: eatery vs eater; eatery vs factory; do not write eatery for a home kitchen or for a food kiosk unless the source uses eatery.

Meaning

A restaurant or café (informal).

Examples

• “Map the eatery on the high-street transect, then the land-use class, not a food slogan.”
• “A new eatery featured in the regeneration case, which is still a named unit — quote the use class if given.”

Good to know

a local / roadside eatery. Neutral: restaurant / café. Trap: a home kitchen / a kiosk unless so named. Geography and business. Informal restaurant — map it, do not sell the menu.

Near in meaning

restaurant, café, diner

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