Brasserie
Brasserie Lipp in Paris
A brasserie is a restaurant that is less formal and more simply furnished than a restaurant . However, in contrast to a bistro , bar-tabac or café, it has a larger selection of warm dishes. The term is also used today for restaurants of this style in non- francophone countries.
The word Brasserie (Brassicole) actually means brewery . The use of the term for restaurants probably goes back to home breweries and breweries in northern France and the Walloon part of Belgium , which often offer rustic home-style cooking in addition to serving beer .
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Wiktionary: Brasserie - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations
