a la carte

Example Sentences

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While Williams-Sonoma offers a number of complete Thanksgiving dinners for delivery—including one featuring a Cajun-style fried turkey, and another with a honey-glazed ham—the kitchenware and gourmet-food retailer also offers dozens of à la carte offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

You can choose between an 8-course tasting menu, served at the chef’s counter or in the dining room, or an à la carte menu, available only in the dining room.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

First-class passengers are even offered an à la carte menu and sit-down, waiter-service dining.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

For comparison, if you were to order those three meats off the à la carte menu, it would cost just under $130 total.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

All Seaboard dining cars offer, aside from regular à la carte service, a sixty-cent dinner known as the "Blue Plate Special."

From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Morgan, Wallace