"The sausage is in the restaurant."

Translation: La salsiccia è nel ristorante.

[arevikm]

Differences between nel and nello?

[f.formica]

They're both compounds of "in" with a definite article, so they follow the same rules as the articles, i.e. "nel ristorante" because of "il ristorante", and "nello zoo" because of "lo zoo".

[marvincorea]

...and turns to the bun and says...

[MochidoesItalian]

is nella a word?

[f.formica]

Yes. There is a nice table here: http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare153a.htm

[MochidoesItalian]

grazie,questo è stato molto utile

[josicka]

The sausage is in the restaurant? It seems that the meaning doesn't really matter?