Definitions
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- noun An
eat-in restaurant situated inside a convertedbus .
Etymologies
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Examples
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LAist went aboard Worldfare, LA's first "bustaurant" -- a double decker bus that serves everything from South African street food to high-end steakhouse eats.
LAist Lindsay William-Ross 2010
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LAist went aboard Worldfare, LA's first "bustaurant" - a double decker bus that serves everything from South African street food to high-end steakhouse eats.
Torontoist Torontoist 2010
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LAist went aboard Worldfare, LA's first "bustaurant" -- a double decker bus that serves everything from South African street food to high-end steakhouse eats.
DCist Staff 2010
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LAist went aboard Worldfare, LA's first "bustaurant" -- a double decker bus that serves everything from South African street food to high-end steakhouse eats.
Shanghaiist Elaine Chow 2010
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Although visitors might find this "bustaurant" in-keeping with the spirit of the area the council has yet to be convinced.
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Co-owner Kai Schoenhals, who was inspired to do a bustaurant by Napa's Wine Train, says Diamond Lil's menus "change with the scenery."
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While this region didn't invent the bustaurant — that mantle in the U.S. goes to a double-decker in Los Angeles named World Fare — the Bay Area has evolved the concept and is now home to two such moveable feasts, which attract equal parts adventurous diners and bus-loving kids.
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Daniel Scherotter, chef-owner of San Francisco's Palio d'Asti restaurant and a former president of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, says he worries about the damage a bustaurant could do to business at a regular restaurant, should one park nearby.
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Lori Eanes for The Wall Street Journal The San Francisco region didn't invent the bustaurant, but the Bay Area has evolved the concept and is now home to two such moveable feasts.
The Meals on the Bus 2010
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Blake Tally, co-owner of Le Truc, says his bustaurant counters a stereotype, however undeserved, that mobile food operators serve greasy, cut-rate food.
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