Why do we call a place where you eat out, a "restaurant"? My five-year old needs to know how come it is called "restaurant". She adds: "Maybe it is because you are not allowed to burp in there?" Any serious replies will be thankfully forwarded.
2006-09-05 07:39:22 · 7 answers · asked by ms_moonlight1977 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
The term restaurant (from the French restaurer, to restore) first appeared in the 16th century, meaning "a food which restores", and referred specifically to a rich, highly flavoured soup. It was first applied to an eating establishment in around 1765 founded by a Parisian soup-seller named Boulanger. The first restaurant in the form that became standard (customers sitting down with individual portions at individual tables, selecting food from menus, during fixed opening hours) was the Grand Taverne de Londres, founded in 1782 by a man named Beauvilliers
2006-09-05 07:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a French derivative of "restaurer", "to restore". It was specifically connected with a French restorative soup of a highly nutritious nature. It was first applied to an eating establishment in around 1765 founded by a Parisian soup-seller named Boulanger. The Sobrino de Botin in Madrid, Spain (1725), however, is credited by Guiness with being the world's oldest restaurant.
2006-09-05 07:47:15 · answer #2 · answered by Meredia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English noun "restaurant" was borrowed around 1827 directly from the French word "restaurant," which is the present participle of the French verb "restaurer," which means "to restore or refresh." So a "restaurant" is literally "a restorer," a place where one goes to be restored or refreshed with a meal or a cup of tea.
2006-09-05 07:48:55 · answer #3 · answered by heat_mizor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do we park in a driveway? One of life's mystery's. But seriously here is the definition:
Etymology: French, from present participle of restaurer to restore, from Latin restaurare
: a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased
So since it comes from a work meaning to restore, and meals restore your energy, that's why. Might be hard to explain to a 5yr old.
2006-09-05 07:45:23 · answer #4 · answered by taz4x4512 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1827, from French restaurant "a restaurant" (said to have been used in Paris c.1765 by Boulanger), originally "food that restores".
2006-09-05 08:23:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The french.
2006-09-05 07:44:18 · answer #6 · answered by Answerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i read in a trivia /floklore type book about names and such and it said that back in the old days when the cafe's were just starting out a sign simply said '' eat here..rest your rump''.......
2006-09-05 07:48:15 · answer #7 · answered by ggmsixer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋