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suspend operation

Thank you, Rover.

Is "The restaurant suspended service" OK, too?
Thank you, Nunty.

The restaurant suspended operation Friday night and police launched an investigation.
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Does this sentence sound awkward if operation is changed into "operations"?
I think "suspend operations" is a collocation that is used (for non-surgical contexts) but I associate it more with companies/organizations that have many different kinds of things going on - multinational conglomerate corporations might, for example, "suspend operations" (meaning all operations, like mining, drilling, refining, processing, exploration etc.) in a small country where a coup had just happened. For a restaurant, however, "operations" sounds a bit grandiose. The owners are said to "operate a business" and when they close, the cease/suspend operation.
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