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

They offer omakase and à la carte sushi.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2025

Well-regarded Australian chef and restaurateur Neil Perry created the lounge’s à la carte menu.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

And it sets up an ingenious, à la carte menu of legal protections and obligation that the couple can pick and choose among.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2023

"Hey, Geoff," Spike called, "this ain't goin' to be no à la carte, hock an' claret feedin' match, nor yet no table-de-hoty eat-fest, but if you can do in some bacon an' eggs, you're on!"

From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery