The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CARVERY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CARVERY
- Carriage, see, with English railway buffet
- Where servers cut, machine with battery dead
- Transport about half of veal where it’s sliced?
- Where one’s served meals, really on wheels
- Bear eating gutted veggie in non-veggie establishment
- One for the road, particularly in restaurant
- Type of light vehicle on top of food outlet
- Saloon, perhaps ideal place in which to eat
- For this restaurant you need vehicle — absolutely!
- About a right sort of light meal served here
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The straight part
We know that "place in which to eat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case place in which to eat = carvery.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 CARVERY mean?
CARVERY noun- A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roast.
- The station within a buffet where such food is served.
- A meal consisting of such food.