Place to eat starters of cornbread and free-range eggs (4)
I believe the answer is:
cafe
'place to eat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'starters of cornbread and free-range eggs' is the wordplay.
'starters of' indicates taking the first letters.
'free-range eggs' becomes 'fe' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
The initial letters of 'cornbread and' is 'ca'.
'ca'+'fe'='CAFE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cafe that I've seen before include "Greasy spoon" , "French coffee" , "that users might scoff at" , "Coffee house" , "Eating establishment" .)