family style
adverb or adjective
: with the food placed on the table in serving dishes from which those eating may help themselves
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Today, learning that a restaurant calls itself farm-to-table holds about as much shock value as hearing my server explain that everything at said restaurant is meant to be enjoyed family style.
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Oset Babür-Winter, Vogue, 8 July 2025
Customers will be served family style and can choose two proteins, one salad, four sides and dessert.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
That includes a delicious Thai curry with prawns and lobster for lunch, which is family style.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 May 2025
The celebration will feature a clothes swap that puts sustainable family style at the center.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
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Oset Babür-Winter, Vogue, 8 July 2025
Customers will be served family style and can choose two proteins, one salad, four sides and dessert.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
That includes a delicious Thai curry with prawns and lobster for lunch, which is family style.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 May 2025
The celebration will feature a clothes swap that puts sustainable family style at the center.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for family style
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“Family style.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20style. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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