The phrase "a restaurant tablecloth" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a tablecloth that is specifically designed for use in a restaurant setting.
Example: "The restaurant's ambiance was enhanced by the elegant white tablecloths that adorned each table."
Alternatives: "dining tablecloth" or "cafe tablecloth".
A report in the Boldface Names column yesterday about a caricature of Jennifer Jason Leigh that was drawn by Al Hirschfeld on a restaurant tablecloth gave an incorrect name at one point for the restaurant.
The good doctor expressed his dismay, but also bafflement that "a high proportion of the population are prepared to cry aloud about footling matters of uncleanliness such as a tomato sauce stain on a restaurant tablecloth, whilst they luxuriate on a plush seat in their faeces-stained pants".
with Kari Haskell, Paula Schwartz and Glenn Collins Correction: November 13 , 2003 Thursday A report in the Boldface Names column yesterday about a caricature of Jennifer Jason Leigh that was drawn by Al Hirschfeld on a restaurant tablecloth gave an incorrect name at one point for the restaurant.
Well, it actually started with a drawing on a New York restaurant tablecloth, scrawled by the cult sci-fi writer Neil Gaiman.
Indeed it had been developed in France in the early 1900's as the accidental discovery of a Swiss scientist looking for a coating to protect restaurant tablecloths from wine stains.
One day, when they were at lunch with the dog at a restaurant with orange tablecloths and potted palms, the Principessa recalled a scene in her favorite movie, "Pretty Woman".
In a restaurant with no tablecloths, it only stirs up worry: What is so wrong with that guy's hand that he needs to wear a glove to touch the silverware?
It was just like that moment of being in a restaurant and ripping the tablecloth out from under all the glasses.
Crowe plays a young kitchenhand in a restaurant with red-checked tablecloths.
When Mr. Allen opened a restaurant he copied the checked tablecloths, the bare brick and other features.
A short walk through the museum's galleries of Roman art brings the visitor other enjoyable options beyond the museum's many collections: a cafe serving drinks and coffee, a cafeteria and a small sunken restaurant, white tablecloths and all.
