juke joint
noun
: a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band
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Criminal twins Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan in a dual performance for the ages) want to open a juke joint in their home of Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
Johnson traveled up and down the South, from the Mississippi Delta to Memphis, playing at juke joints.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 23 Apr. 2025
The only people who make it through the traumatic night at the juke joint are Smoke and Sammie.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 July 2025
At the film’s halfway point, right before all hell (literally) breaks loose, Mary (Hailee Steinfeld) brings her ex-boyfriend Stack (Jordan) into the back room of his new juke joint.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
Johnson traveled up and down the South, from the Mississippi Delta to Memphis, playing at juke joints.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 23 Apr. 2025
The only people who make it through the traumatic night at the juke joint are Smoke and Sammie.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 July 2025
At the film’s halfway point, right before all hell (literally) breaks loose, Mary (Hailee Steinfeld) brings her ex-boyfriend Stack (Jordan) into the back room of his new juke joint.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025
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“Juke joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juke%20joint. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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