Many French eateries include this word in their names; it means "at the home of"
[DOC] [TLE] The Food Timeline: history notes--restaurants, chefs & foodservice [PAR] Did you know the word restaurant is derived from the French word restaurer 
which .... By this definition, restaurants--by whatever name they have been given-
-are ..... Behar...prepared Norton's meals at the home of Mike Penrod, manager of 
the ....