Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
cornerstone restaurant
English answer:
restaurant serving mainstay dishes
English term
Indonesia
Legal, Marketing, Biz, Software, Games
Native in: Indonesian (Variant: Standard-Indonesia) 
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English
cornerstone restaurant
Is "cornerstone" related to the food being served, location, or people (Italian in this regard)? Please give me a light!
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Responses
Italy
translating meaning, not just words
Native in: English
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, English
reference point
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philgoddard
4 hrs
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thanks :)
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Tina Vonhof (X)
6 hrs
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thanks :)
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Daryo
: rather a "meeting point"?
12 hrs
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thanks! I'm guessing though that it's much more than meeting - it's a question of identity as well.
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Orkoyen (X)
1 day 3 hrs
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Thank you.
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Yvonne Gallagher
2 days 2 hrs
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thanks!
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an anchor business establishment
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cornerstone
Cornerstone restaurant: a restaurant that helps attract consumers to the area, so other businesses in the same community can benefit from the increased traffic.
United Kingdom
Freelance Medical Translator, MA (Hons)
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
an restaurant of prime importance, essential to the community, and holding it together
Webster’s New World College Dictionary - cornerstone is "the basic, essential, or most important part; foundation"
Collins English Dictionary - cornerstone is "a person or thing of prime importance; basis"
Encyclopedia Britannica - in older times, the cornerstone "was usually at a corner, possibly as the first of the foundation stones, and it was a real support."
It's also used in Christian, biblical terms, usually referring to Christ as the cornerstone as in someone to build faith upon and rely upon.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2021-03-26 10:18:31 GMT)
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Sorry, the translation should read "a restaurant of prime importance, essential to the community, and holding it together" - not an, but I can't change it in the top line!
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philgoddard
: I feel Shera Lyn has already explained the meaning.
3 hrs
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Edith Kelly
18 hrs
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Thanks Edith
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writeaway
1 day 1 hr
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Thanks Writeaway
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Daryo
343 days
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Thanks Daryo
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Discussion
He created 8 cornerstone dishes, which are recipes that can be a meal on day one but then the leftovers can be used for other dishes throughout the week.
So, my take is:
cornerstone resto = a resto that serves cornerstone dishes
cornerstone dish = a basic, fundamental dish that can be made into various other dishes although it is already great on its own.
If someone can summarize these into a compact phrase comprehensible by laymen and laywomen, that will be great.