: an informal usually French restaurant serving simple hearty food
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Each day begins at La Perle, a brasserie that fuses Mediterranean and Asian cuisines.—Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 Perhaps the apex of McNally’s success has been Balthazar, a SoHo brasserie in a cavernous space that once contained a leather warehouse.—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 Great local wines and creative contemporary cuisine fill the air at the Pest brasserie Textura.—Evan Rail, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 The Friday night brunch at The Hide, a high-end brasserie inspired by classic steakhouses of New York and Chicago with its elegant art deco interiors, sees diners enjoy live jazz alongside premium wines, beers and classic cocktails.—Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 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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