greasy spoon

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for greasy spoon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greasy spoon
Noun
  • 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
  • Other improvements in the works for the campus on Via de la Cumbre include a parking lot expansion funded by the RSF Association and a new snack bar funded by the golf club.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Tangier is more than just colonial patina and hash houses.
    Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Sensing her discomfort, Young offered her some memorably sage advice: ‘This is just another hash house on the road to success.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
Noun
  • Craft played a crucial role in integrating two universities, the 1954 Texas State Fair and Dallas theaters, restaurants, and lunch counters.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • With the key exception of a vacant lunch counter on the ground floor, the Landmark Center is now 100% fully leased and occupied by about 25 tenants, seven of them relatively new, following a whirlwind of lease signings.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The next e-bike safety class is 1 p.m. on Aug. 6 in the Brea Olinda High cafeteria.
    Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • New York has always been a steak-house town, even when steak houses weren’t cool.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • 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 30 Jul. 2025.

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