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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greasy spoon
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The spacious snack bar offers traditional movie theater treats as well as street tacos, burritos and chorizo supreme pizza.Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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Then comes the red car, now a snack bar with a fabulous vintage Faema espresso machine and a standing counter.Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2024
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Tangier is more than just colonial patina and hash houses.Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
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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
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Lewis helped organize sit-ins to desegregate the city’s lunch counters in 1960.Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
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The latter was the site of the 1960 sit-in that led to the desegregation of lunch counters in the South.Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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They are allowed to mix and mingle in nearby buildings and courtyards, and dine together in a cafeteria setting staffed by nuns.Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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The first floor will host a day center, a cafeteria and a food pantry.Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
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The former mining town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
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The town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit, and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
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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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