Hi. What of the following phrases is better?
A restaurant called X offers international cuisine.
The restaurant X offers international cuisine.
The X restaurant offers international cuisine.
Suppose also we need to combine such phrases to describe restaurants X, Y, etc. in a row and thus have to use slightly different constructions.
anonymousWhatWhich of the following phrases is better?
Use 'which' when offering choices, as in "Which of ...?"
anonymousA restaurant called X offers international cuisine.
The restaurant X offers international cuisine.
The X restaurant offers international cuisine.
We don't often write 'restaurant' or any other word that designates what kind of place we are talking about. We just write the name of the place. Sometimes the name of the place has 'restaurant' as part of the name anyway.
All of your sentences are essentially the same:
X offers international cuisine.
More examples:
The Mosaic Restaurant offers international cuisine.
Elyse offers French-Asian fusion cuisine.
Chipotle offers Mexican cuisine.
anonymousSuppose also we need to combine
The Lobby Lounge, Adagio, and Bibo's Pizza all offer meals at discount on Tuesdays.
CJ
OK, but what if we have several names but must specify that X is a bar, Y is a restaurant, Z is a pool bar etc., and all that must be described in a row?
The 3000 block of Main Street has several entertainment establishments. Starting at the corner of Main and Pine streets, and heading south, there is Bubba's Brewery, a nice informal sports bar, Chico's Mexican Cafe, serving Mexican cuisine, Joe's Pool Palace, which has games and drinks, etc. (All are neighboring places on Main Street.)