[Grammar] on which

[Maybo]

Celebrating mid-century DC, when the street on which it sits was lined with car dealerships and auto repair shops, the interior of this small-plates eatery features garage-style doors and old car parts.

Does which refer to the street?

 

[Rover_KE]

No - it refers to the eatery.

Where did you find this sentence?

 

[jutfrank]

Yes. The eatery sits on the street.

 

[Maybo]

No - it refers to the eatery.

Where did you find this sentence?

In a magazine,《Lonely planet》http://mustseeplaces.eu/places-to-visit-in-washington-dc/

 

[Maybo]

How can I know it is refer to the eatery?

 

[GoesStation]

How can I know it is refer to the eatery?

It doesn't. It refers to the street. The street on which it sits is a more formal way to write the street which it sits on. We could also write ​the street it sits on.

 

[Maybo]

It doesn't. It refers to the street. The street on which it sits is a more formal way to write the street which it sits on. We could also write ​the street it sits on.

​the street it sits on, it refers to the street? Can I say ​the street sits on?

 

[GoesStation]

​the street it sits on, it refers to the street? Can I say ​the street sits on?

No. It refers to the building containing the "eatery" (which means restaurant).

You can't say The street sits on​ as a complete sentence. The street would have to sit on something else -- the ground, most likely.

You can rewrite the street it sits on as "the street the eatery sits on".