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Recent Examples of greasy spoon
City Island Diner feels like being in a small hometown greasy spoon that could be anywhere from Ohio to upstate New York.
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Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
City Island Diner feels like being in a small hometown greasy spoon that could be anywhere from Ohio to upstate New York.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
Run by ex-party girl Wendy, unhinged chef Milius, and odd busboy Willard, this Fresno greasy spoon must overcome unpaid bills and a once-in-a-lifetime volcanic eruption.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Residents of New Hampshire, where Presidential hopefuls often court diners at greasy spoons, have come to expect high-level politico drop-ins.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
City Island Diner feels like being in a small hometown greasy spoon that could be anywhere from Ohio to upstate New York.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
Run by ex-party girl Wendy, unhinged chef Milius, and odd busboy Willard, this Fresno greasy spoon must overcome unpaid bills and a once-in-a-lifetime volcanic eruption.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Residents of New Hampshire, where Presidential hopefuls often court diners at greasy spoons, have come to expect high-level politico drop-ins.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greasy spoon
Noun
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The family-friendly films begin around 7:40 p.m.; the snack bar opens at 7 p.m. Attendees can also bring their own snacks and should bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
20 July 2025
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Unlike many public beaches, there’s an old-school elegance here, complete with a snack bar that serves lobster rolls.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Founded in 1944 by Sammy Powell, the hash house was later owned by Khalid Farhoud, who passed it on in 1996.—
Kat Tran
Updated July 25,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
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Tangier is more than just colonial patina and hash houses.—
Graham H. Cornwell,
Washington Post,
8 Apr. 2023
Noun
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Their idea: If a white person of influence took a Black person to a segregated lunch counter, the restaurant would not want to say no to the white person.—
Damenica Ellis
July 25,
Charlotte Observer,
25 July 2025
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As a public institution, the lunch counter, devoid of tricky reservations and élite tables, represents a certain idea of equality.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Noun
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In my school cafeteria, meals are often processed and lack the nutritional value students need.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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Sitting in the packed and tense cafeteria at George Westinghouse College Prep School in Humboldt Park, Marquis Griffin did not envision himself having to be at the school on a Tuesday night in July, his children in tow and anxious to run around.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
Noun
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New York has always been a steak-house town, even when steak houses weren’t cool.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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The newest in the chain is Felice Port Chester, located in what had been a vast 7,600 square foot warehouse dating to 1903, in recent years converted into a steak house, then a seafood restaurant.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Greasy spoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greasy%20spoon. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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