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white tablecloth restaurant

white tablecloth restaurant
 n.Note: An upscale or expensive restaurant, as opposed to a casual or fast-food restaurant. «I’m able to do coupons and help people who are on tight budgets who still want to go out to eat. It’s the Ruth Chris Steakhouses and the white tablecloth restaurants who will see an effect.» —“Restaurant business expecting changes” by Keith Roysdon Star Press (Muncie, Indiana) Jan. 25, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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