short-order
adjective
ˈshȯrt-ˌȯr-dər 
-ˈȯr-
: preparing or serving food that can be cooked quickly to a customer's order
a short-order cook
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And here at Graceland, the kitchen ran kinda like a short-order restaurant would.
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Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Pasadena, California, claims to be its birthplace after a 16-year-old short-order cook served a cheeseburger over 100 years ago in a roadside hamburger joint.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2024
But for true Detroiters, this scene describes the many Coney Island restaurants across the city that true Detroiters have come to know, love and appreciate because of anonymous short-order cooks that take tremendous pride in their craft.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2024
Your host is not an airline or a short-order kitchen.
—George Gurley, New York Times, 21 June 2024
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Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Pasadena, California, claims to be its birthplace after a 16-year-old short-order cook served a cheeseburger over 100 years ago in a roadside hamburger joint.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2024
But for true Detroiters, this scene describes the many Coney Island restaurants across the city that true Detroiters have come to know, love and appreciate because of anonymous short-order cooks that take tremendous pride in their craft.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2024
Your host is not an airline or a short-order kitchen.
—George Gurley, New York Times, 21 June 2024
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“Short-order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-order. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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