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RESTAURANT RAPIDE [3 records]

Record 1 2025-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Restaurants
  • Food Industries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Catégories de restaurants
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Restaurant situé près d’une grande voie de circulation, facilement accessible aux automobilistes, offrant un service rapide aux tables grâce à la néo-restauration(...) parfois agencé en libre-service.

OBS

Restoroute est plus courant que restauroute, mais c’est proprement un nom déposé réclamant la majuscule.

Key term(s)
  • restaurant routier
  • auto buffet

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Restaurants
DEF

A commercial establishment, usually owned and managed under a franchise agreement, that specializes in cooking a limited number of pre-packaged or pre-portioned foods for ... sale over the counter or through a drive-in facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Catégories de restaurants
DEF

[...] établissement dont les aliments sont servis majoritairement dans des contenants, emballages ou assiettes jetables, lorsqu’ils sont consommés sur place, et où il n’y a aucun service aux tables.

Key term(s)
  • resto-vite

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de restaurantes
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Record 3 2005-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Restaurants
DEF

A type of restaurant which is similar to a fast-food restaurant in that it does not offer full table service, but promises a somewhat higher quality of food and atmosphere.

OBS

Fast casual, also called quick casual, has been around since the late 1990s. As practiced by its leading proponents, such as sandwich chain Panera Bread ... fast casual emphasizes better quality food served in a more comfortable and more upscale environment than a Burger King -- but with the convenience of traditional fast food, so there isn't table service and there may or may not be a drive-thru.

Key term(s)
  • fast casual
  • quick casual

French

Domaine(s)
  • Catégories de restaurants
CONT

Les chaînes de restaurants décontractés à service rapide ont le vent dans les voiles dans la région du Centre-Sud, leur taux de croissance atteignant 15 p. 100 par année.

Spanish

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