brasserie

noun

bras·​se·​rie ˌbras-ˈrē 

ˌbra-sə-

: an informal usually French restaurant serving simple hearty food

Examples of brasserie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Downstairs, Angelica focuses on all-day European brasserie hits—rabbit rillettes, gravlax, and pickled cucumber salad—while the Bar Gambit leans moodier and more underground, attracting a particular post-work creative Fitzrovia crowd. — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026

Now Mick is opening her own Afro-Caribbean brasserie, Calabash, which debuts this fall in the West Village. — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026

Alain Ducasse Café will sit alongside Monsieur Paul, the Bocuse brasserie format; Kokoro Handroll Bar, and Momofuku, from David Chang’s New York group. — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

The nearby Le Relais Plaza—a beloved institution since 1936—remains the It-girl brasserie of Paris, its walls echoing decades of glamorous stories and societal secrets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Word History

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

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above