Editing Restaurant (section)

== By country ==

===Europe===
====France====
[[File:Paris Palais Royal Restaurant Grand Véfour 4.jpg|thumb|left|[[Le Grand Vefour|Le Grand Véfour]] restaurant at the [[Palais Royal]] in Paris]]

[[France]] has a long tradition with public eateries and modern restaurant culture emerged there. In the early 19th century, traiteurs and restaurateurs became known simply as "restaurateurs". The use of the term "restaurant" for the establishment itself only became common in the 19th century.

According to the legend, the first mention to a restaurant dates back to 1765 in Paris. It was located on Rue des Poulies, now Rue du Louvre, and use to serve dishes known as "restaurants".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Louisgrand |first=Nathalie |title=Revolutionary broth: the birth of the restaurant and the invention of French gastronomy |url=http://theconversation.com/revolutionary-broth-the-birth-of-the-restaurant-and-the-invention-of-french-gastronomy-165507 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=The Conversation |date=August 25, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The place was run by a man named Mr. Boulanger.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-13 |title=Who Invented the First Modern Restaurant? |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/who-invented-the-first-modern-restaurant |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224005309/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/who-invented-the-first-modern-restaurant |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Culture |language=en}}</ref> However, according to the [[Larousse Gastronomique]], La Grande Taverne de Londres which opened in 1782 is considered as the first Parisian restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-13 |title=Who Invented the First Modern Restaurant? |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/who-invented-the-first-modern-restaurant |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224005309/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/who-invented-the-first-modern-restaurant |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Culture |language=en}}</ref> 

The first restaurant guide, called ''Almanach des Gourmands'', written by Grimod de La Reyniére, was published in 1804. During the [[French Restoration]] period, the most celebrated restaurant was the [[Au Rocher de Cancale|Rocher de Cancale]], frequented by the characters of [[Balzac]]. In the middle of the century, Balzac's characters moved to the [[Cafe Anglais|Café Anglais]], which in 1867 also hosted the famous [[Three Emperors Dinner]] hosted by [[Napoleon III]] in honor of [[Tsar Alexander II]], [[Kaiser Wilhelm I]] and [[Otto von Bismarck]] during the [[Exposition Universelle (1867)|Exposition Universelle in 1867]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://menus.free.fr/index_fichiers/Page2511.htm |title=Dîner des Trois Empereurs le 4 juin 1867 |website=menus.free.fr}}</ref> 

[[File:RitzParisGarden.jpg|thumb|Garden café of the [[Hôtel Ritz Paris]] (1904), [[Pierre-Georges Jeanniot]]]]
Other restaurants that occupy a place in French history and literature include [[Maxim's]] and [[Fouquet's]]. The restaurant of [[Hotel Ritz Paris]], opened in 1898, was made famous by its chef, [[Auguste Escoffier]]. The 19th century also saw the appearance of new kinds of more modest restaurants, including the [[bistrot]]. The [[brasserie]] featured beer and was made popular during the [[1867 Paris Exposition]].{{sfn|Fierro|1996|page=1137}}

=== North America ===
==== United States ====
{{See also|List of the oldest restaurants in the United States}}

[[File:Tom's Restaurant, NYC.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tom's Restaurant]] in [[Manhattan]] was made internationally famous by ''[[Seinfeld]]''.]]

In the [[United States]], it was not until the late 18th century that establishments that provided meals without also providing lodging began to appear in major metropolitan areas in the form of [[Coffeehouse|coffee]] and [[oyster bar|oyster]] houses. The actual term "restaurant" did not enter into the common parlance until the following century. Prior to being referred to as "restaurants" these eating establishments assumed regional names such as "eating house" in New York City, "restorator" in Boston, or "victualling house" in other areas. Restaurants were typically located in populous urban areas during the 19th century and grew both in number and sophistication in the mid-century due to a more affluent middle class and to urbanization. The highest concentration of these restaurants were in the West, followed by industrial cities on the Eastern Seaboard.<ref>{{citation |title=Early Restaurants in America |work=Menus: the art of dining |year=2018 |publisher=Digital Collections, University of Nevada Las Vegas |url=http://digital.library.unlv.edu/collections/menus/early-restaurants-america}}</ref>

When [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] went into effect in 1920, restaurants offering fine dining had a hard time making ends meet because they had depended on profits from selling wine and alcoholic beverages. Replacing them were establishments offering simpler, more casual experiences such as cafeterias, roadside restaurants, and diners. When Prohibition ended in the 1930s, luxury restaurants slowly started to appear again as the economy recovered from the Great Depression.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/890089872|title=Food in Time and Place : the American Historical Association Companion to Food History.|date=2014|publisher=University of California Press|others=Paul Freedman, Joyce E. Chaplin, Ken Albala|isbn=978-0-520-95934-7|location=Berkeley|oclc=890089872}}</ref>

The [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] outlawed segregation based on race, color, religion, or national origin in all public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce, including restaurants. ''[[Katzenbach v. McClung]]'', 379 U.S. 294 (1964), was a decision of the [[US Supreme Court]] which held that [[United States Congress|Congress]] acted within its power under the [[Commerce Clause]] of the [[United States Constitution]] in forbidding [[racial discrimination]] in restaurants as this was a burden to [[interstate commerce]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CivilRightsActOf1964.pdf |title=Civil Rights Act of 1964: P.L. 88-352 |publisher=senate.gov |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/379/294|title=Nicholas deB. KATZENBACH, Acting Attorney General, et al., Appellants, v. Ollie McCLUNG, Sr., and Ollie McClung, Jr.|website=LII / Legal Information Institute}}</ref>

In the 1970s, there was one restaurant for every 7,500 persons. In 2016, there were 1,000,000 restaurants; one for every 310 people. The average person eats out five to six times weekly. 3.3% of the nation's workforce is composed of restaurant workers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://restaurant.org/research/economy/indicators/total-u-s-jobs |title=Total U.S. Jobs |year=2021 |website=National Restaurant Association |language=en |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> According to a Gallup Poll in 2016, nearly 61% of Americans across the country eat out at a restaurant once a week or more, and this percent is only predicted to increase in future years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/201710/americans-dining-frequency-little-changed-2008.aspx |title=Americans' Dining-Out Frequency Little Changed From 2008 |date=January 11, 2017 |website=Gallup |language=en |access-date=April 2, 2020}}</ref> Before the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], The [[National Restaurant Association]] estimated restaurant sales of $899 billion in 2020. The association now projects that the pandemic will decrease that to $675 billion, a decline of $274 billion over their previous estimate.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gangitano |first=Alex |date=March 18, 2020 |title=Restaurant industry estimates $225B in losses from coronavirus |url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/488223-restaurant-industry-estimates-225b-in-losses-from |website=The Hill |language=en |access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref>

=== South America ===
==== Brazil ====
In [[Brazil]], restaurant varieties mirror the multitude of nationalities that arrived in the country: Japanese, Arab, German, Italian, Portuguese and many more.

==== Colombia ====
The word ''piquete'' can be used to refer to a common Colombian type of meal that includes meat, yuca and potatoes, which is a type of meal served at a piqueteadero. The verb form of the word piquete, piquetear, means to participate in binging, liquor drinking, and leisure activities in popular areas or open spaces.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=e-fPeBQ7NxgC&dq=%22Piqueteadero%22&pg=PA188 Diccionario Comentado Del Español; Actual en Colombia]. 3rd edition. by Ramiro Montoya</ref>

==== Peru ====
In [[Peru]], many indigenous, Spanish, and Chinese dishes are frequently found. Because of recent immigration from places such as [[China]], and [[Japan]], there are many Chinese and Japanese restaurants around the country, especially in the capital city of [[Lima]].