The British, Australian, and Canadian spelling of what Americans typically call a 'pizzeria' — a casual restaurant or takeaway joint specialising in pizza.
The British, Australian, and Canadian spelling of what Americans typically call a 'pizzeria' — a casual restaurant or takeaway joint specialising in pizza. 'Parlour' carries a slightly retro, cosy feel in Commonwealth English, evoking an earlier era of neighbourhood dining. While not slang in the strict sense, 'pizza parlour' is a distinctive regional variant that signals a laid-back, non-fancy pizza spot rather than an upscale Italian restaurant.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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After the film they ended up at the pizza parlour on the high street, splitting a large margherita between four of them.
(Australia, Canada, UK) a pizzeria.
“My go to comment for a while has been "I do not love that datacenters have become the pizza parlour basement equivalents for lefty Q-Anon."”