bustaurant

English

Etymology

Blend of bus +‎ restaurant.

Noun

bustaurant (plural bustaurants)

1. An eat-in restaurant situated inside a converted bus.
   • 2011 January 14, Todd Lappin, “The Vehicle of Street Food Is Getting an Overhaul”, in The New York Times:

     But when Mr. Schick and his business partner, Blake Tally, decided to open Le Truc, a San Francisco "bustaurant," with a gourmet kitchen and dedicated seating area inside a converted school bus, the two quickly learned that the kitchens in food trucks are very different from their brick-and-mortar equivalents.