a la carte

Example Sentences

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Diners can choose between two omakase menus, with optional nigiri add-ons, late-night alternatives and à la carte selections.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Our A.I. future probably won’t be à la carte, and for now we’ve already ordered the whole thing.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026

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

“Customers should have to pay for side dishes à la carte, so they only order what they will finish,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

However, half-an-hour afterwards all our discomforts were forgotten as we sat down to an excellent dinner à la carte.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.