: an informal usually French restaurant serving simple hearty food
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For example, by opening a premium New York style brasserie in Jakarta, Coach is blending its American roots with fine dining, offering customers a premium experience while strengthening the brand’s reputation through high-end hospitality.—Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 Some of my favorites in the area include breakfast spot Surrey’s, the award-winning Dakar NOLA, and French brasserie MaMou.—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025 The menu will include brasserie classics like moules frites, escargots, charcuterie, seafood and other traditional French dishes.—Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024 This French-Vietnamese brasserie is the perfect place to post up for lunch in one of its cozy booths inside or outside in its charming courtyard.—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for brasserie
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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
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