Sign for RESTAURANT in ASL | ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Restaurant” in ASL?

RESTAURANT: RESTAURANT in American Sign Language (ASL) names the place where someone else does the cooking. The video and animated demonstration below show the sign.

ASL sign for restaurant — animated demonstration

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Where does RESTAURANT come up in conversation?

RESTAURANT books date nights, birthday dinners, and the where-should-we-eat debate. Ordering at restaurants is classic ASL practice territory, and Deaf-owned restaurants and signing servers make the experience its own small community event.

It appears in Lesson 52 of Book 2 with the meal vocabulary.

📖 RESTAURANT is taught in Lesson 52 of ASL 102: Building Conversations — Book 2 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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