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
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
In the law of independent assortment, the term "independent" refers to the idea that alleles for different traits segregate independently from one another during the formation of gametes. This means that the inheritance of one trait does not influence the inheritance of another trait, allowing for a variety of genetic combinations in offspring. This principle applies to genes that are located on different chromosomes or are far apart on the same chromosome.
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