How to Use hole-in-the-wall in a Sentence

hole-in-the-wall

noun

• Sushi Friend:This hole-in-the-wall Phoenix sushi restaurant was named top 3 in the country.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
• Sesame Chinese One of the best hole-in-the-wall local Chinese restaurants in town.
  — Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
• Small villages are dotted with hole-in-the-wall tikka spots, bakeries and juice stalls.
  — Katy Gillett, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2024
• The pork dumplings are legendary at Barriga Llena, a hole-in-the-wall style restaurant with walk-ins only.
  — Claire Boobbyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
• There are high-end burritos made with seafood and ribeye and epic chile verde burros sold from hole-in-the-wall shops.
  — Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
• Ono Seafood, Oahu This hole-in-the-wall spot in Honolulu is famous for its classic shoyu ahi and spicy ahi bowls.
  — Ben Davidson, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
• As welcome as newness and options are, hole-in-the-wall locals-hangs like Thirsty Turtle add heart and soul to a city’s dining and nightlife mix.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2023
• At least Empanada Loca, her favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant, is still hanging on.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 July 2023
• The menu is glorious: A classic hole-in-the-wall whiteboard with black letters complete with a Coca-Cola logo at the center of it.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 23 June 2023
• This hole-in-the-wall Egyptian restaurant, found in the bright and noisy Karama neighborhood, was opened more than 40 years ago and is rightly something of a Dubai institution.
  — Laura Lai Coughlin, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2023
• So as season two begins, the whole team is united in the ambitious project of retooling the grimy hole-in-the-wall that was The Beef into a sleek fine-dining establishment to be called The Bear.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
• In some ways, social media has become an alternative to a hole-in-the-wall live show venue, where music executives might stake out to find fresh talent.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2023
• In reality, the Black MacAdam’s bar is an actual hole-in-the-wall bar that Jeffery and his design team redecorated and repurposed for the show.
  — Matthew Chernov, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
• Featuring a minimalist menu, hole-in-the-wall square footage, and a limited set of ingredients and produce, 7th Street Burger opened that May and quickly took off.
  — Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• The surrounding streets host dozens of hole-in-the-wall restaurants offering what’s called buy and braai, or chesa nyama (literally burned meat), essentially a butcher where the grill is always fired up.
  — Griffin Shea, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• From blissful spring walks in colorful flower fields to powder-skiing in the winter mountains or slurping miso ramen at the local hole-in-the-wall to tasting delicacies, the region offers myriad activities.
  — Tokyo Halfie, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024