Dish and something to drink at French restaurant table? (7)
I believe the answer is:
plateau
'french restaurant table?' is the definition.
'plateau' can be an answer for 'table?' (table is a kind of plateau). I am not sure about the 'french restaurant' bit.
'dish and something to drink' is the wordplay.
'dish' becomes 'plate' (plate is a kind of dish).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'something to drink' becomes 'au' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'plate'+'au'='PLATEAU'
'at' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for plateau that I've seen before include "High plain" , "Level outcrop of land" , "Levelling off" , "Quiet time" , "relatively flat territory" .)