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Restaurant cutlery (7)

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I believe the answer is:

canteen

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This might be a double definition.

'restaurant' is the first definition.
(both can mean somewhere to eat)

'cutlery' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for canteen that I've seen before include "and where it could be used" , "somewhere to eat" , "Office or factory restaurant" , "Staff eating area" , "Snackbar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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