An independent restaurant just means that it is independently owned and usually has only one location. Franchise restaurants are enormous restaurant chains that usually have more than one owner.
indepentent
are photographers some times indepentent
a variable that may change in the end
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Texas was an independent nation before becoming a state.
French Guiana is a dependent territory of France and is the only country on South America that is not indepentent.
the oar... because it needed to be indepentent from the wind dirction
Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia. And Kosovo which was an autonomous province of Serbia also declared independence.
A restaurant patron is a person who is eating in the restaurant. They "patronize" the restaurant.
Anything proper to the restaurant itself is the restaurant's, as is anything owned by the restaurant owner that is in service to the restaurant's function.
at a restaurant = in einem Restaurant
An international restaurant is a restaurant in a different country