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This breakfast joint is your quintessential greasy spoon, with worn red leatherette chairs and a sign limiting cell phone use.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
Twenty-two years later, she’s worked hundreds more shifts — enough to take over one of Sacramento’s most storied greasy spoons.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
As the cooks are suddenly beamed into this realm of higher consciousness, the hyperrealistic greasy spoon designed by Takeshi Kata (featuring wall-to-wall safety posters and grimy handprints on the walk-in fridge door) completely fades into the distance.
—Bon Appétit, 23 Nov. 2021
When a Manhattan greasy spoon promises the world’s best cup of coffee, Buddy is ecstatic.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
Twenty-two years later, she’s worked hundreds more shifts — enough to take over one of Sacramento’s most storied greasy spoons.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
As the cooks are suddenly beamed into this realm of higher consciousness, the hyperrealistic greasy spoon designed by Takeshi Kata (featuring wall-to-wall safety posters and grimy handprints on the walk-in fridge door) completely fades into the distance.
—Bon Appétit, 23 Nov. 2021
When a Manhattan greasy spoon promises the world’s best cup of coffee, Buddy is ecstatic.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
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“Greasy spoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greasy%20spoon. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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