noun
eatery; restaurant; place to eat
A casual, slightly old-fashioned term for a place where you can get a meal, often implying a simple, local establishment. Not used for high-end dining.
この辺りにいい食べ処はありますか。
Is there a good place to eat around here?
あの食べ処のラーメンは絶品だ。
The ramen at that eatery is superb.
Compound of 食べ (tabe, 'eating', the stem of 食べる) and 処 (tokoro/dokoro, 'place'). The reading どころ is a rendaku form of ところ.