DCHP-2

brasserie DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Quebec, Food & Drink

  a restaurant, often with an on-site brewery.

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — The term brasserie is most likely a preservation from French, a direct loan of the French word for 'brewery'. One of the first written occurrences in Canadian English is from 1886. The term is used almost exclusively in Quebec, with very limited currency in Prince Edward Island (see Chart 1). The Canadian meaning is simply 'restaurant', possibly with an on-site brewery (however, see the 1967 quotation, which refers to a brewery only), whereas in other national varieties the term refers often to a pub. Chart 2 shows clearly that the form, regardless of the meaning, is not particularly common in Canada in the international comparison.
  See also Gage-3, s.v. "brasserie", ITP Nelson, s.v "brasserie", and COD-2, sv. "brasserie", which is marked "Cdn (Que.)", and OED-3, s.v. "brasserie" (n.).