The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word RESTAURANT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result RESTAURANT
- Some people wait here — others rave about a uniform
- Needing atmosphere after interlude, books diner
- Where Poirot scoffed, arrant curates struggled
- Aren’t rats dreadful round university cafe?
- Research by American leaving sign for social worker in place to eat
- Place to eat with others — atmosphere and half pint provided
- With time for relaxing atmosphere books tables here?
- Subway, perhaps, to let street atmosphere enter
- Arrest aunt running place to eat
- Moderation one’s lost round at the French bistro
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The straight part
We know that "place to eat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case place to eat = restaurant.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does RESTAURANT mean?
RESTAURANT noun- An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.