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american restaurant
A table-service restaurant specializing in cuisines of North or South America or island regions of the Western Hemisphere.
An American restaurant is an eatery with table service which specializes in foods cooked in the culinary styles of any region in North or South America or any island regions in the Western Hemisphere.
American covers the stated hemisphere rather than only the United States. South American and island cuisines are expressly included.
The specialty can be one regional tradition rather than a menu representing the entire hemisphere. The restaurant need not stand in the region whose cooking it serves.