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Al fresco dining

Al fresco dining or dining alfresco is eating outside.




The term has also been borrowed by the automotive community as al fresco motoring, to describe the activity of driving in a convertible with the roof retracted, since under such conditions the driver is exposed to the open air.[citation needed]


The phrase al fresco is borrowed from Italian for "in the cool [air]", although it is not in current use in that language to refer to dining outside. Instead, Italians use the phrases fuori ("outside", "outdoor") or all'aperto ("in the open [air]").[3] In Italian, the expression al fresco usually refers to spending time in jail.[4]


  1. ^ Stewart, Martha (June 26, 2009). "Dining Alfresco". NY Daily News. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Upstate City Ok's Alfresco Dining". WYFF Channel 4. Internet Broadcasting Systems. June 15, 2009. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  3. ^ Preble, Keith (July 1, 2014). "Word of the Day: stare al fresco". Parola del Giorno. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Dizionario dei modi di dire" (in Italian). Fresco. Retrieved June 27, 2017.