"front area" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the part of an area that lies in the front—the part that is closest to the entrance or the point of entrance. For example, you could say, "We'll be meeting in the front area of the park."
SMOKING No smoking in the rear dining room, but unofficially tolerated in the front area.
THE BAR Full-service and located in a front area that includes a few dinner tables.
Mr. Wagner uses the front area as a formal entertaining space.
It was in Scotland's middle to front area that shortcomings were at their most glaring and two goals were needed.
Barricades were set up to block off the front area, and women stood on chairs to peer over at Mr. Romney from their segregated section to the right.
As we walked to the quieter front area, I spotted a group of young parents standing in front of $500 baby carriages, shouldering their offspring.
A marble counter is the showstopper in the front area, laden with prepared foods like chicken pies, Spanish tortillas, Galician tuna empanadas, homemade moles, roasted chickens and pastries.
GOOD ATMOSPHERE -- Small, trim storefront restaurant with sushi counter and a few tables in the front area and an unprepossessing dining space in back.
Mr. Vignelli, whose graphic designs reside in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, said "the whole front area is about the prospect of seduction".
That same pale wood appears on a desk, shelves and a bookcase she designed as a unit to create an even flow in the front area.
The Unbookables behaved as usual, each doing his own thing, and only collectively teasing the fan in the front area who was in a wheelchair.
