brasserie

noun

bras·​se·​rie ˌbras-ˈrē How to pronounce brasserie (audio)
ˌbra-sə-
: an informal usually French restaurant serving simple hearty food

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French brasserie Gaspar is a good choice with a menu offering a superb tuna tataki, cassoulet and croque madame. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 There may also soon be closures at Côte, a brasserie chain which once had 100 outlets, whose private equity investors are now seeking new investment. Ian King, CNBC, 16 July 2025 Best Restaurants Kloof Street House This boutique brasserie serving up lunch and dinner downtown is housed in a 20th-century Victorian home with an equally impressive garden. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2025 And then there’s the culinary pièce de résistance: a private chef experience courtesy of Jeremy King’s The Park—the elegant brasserie on the Park Modern’s ground floor. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for brasserie

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, brewery, from Middle French brasser to brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin *braciare, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh brag malt

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brasserie was in 1825

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“Brasserie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brasserie. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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