Definition of LUNCH COUNTER

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Recent Examples on the Web Crispy tostadas topped with stewed lamb and crunchy lettuce, oozy enchiladas with the requisite rice and beans, and all the other delicious-looking Mexican dishes on the lunch counter’s Instagram feed. — Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, "Eating at This Denver Food Incubator Is Like Winning the Lunch Lottery," 8 Nov. 2019 The building once housed one of several local lunch counters that peacefully integrated in 1960. — San Antonio Express-News, "'That's my blood': Stunned to learn of King Jay's death, San Antonio man says baby is his son," 3 Jan. 2012 Rice was a member of the Richmond 34, a group of black Virginia Union University students arrested in 1960 for a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter at Thalhimers department store. — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, "Virginia looks at scrapping defunct, racist laws still on the books," 5 Dec. 2019 On February 1, 1960, four freshman African American students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College began a sit-in at the whites-only lunch counter of a Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, North Carolina. — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "Wolff delivers fresh reminders of how political power works," 16 Nov. 2019 The sight of Steve’s lunch, a down-home, old-school lunch counter, is a calming one for regulars of the old Cross Street Market who may feel dazed and confused by the bright and gleaming market. — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, "12 things to try at Baltimore’s revamped Cross Street Market," 8 Oct. 2019 The lunch counter-style eatery is just the latest representation of Latin youth taking the reins of entrepreneurship in Clark-Fulton. — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, "FreshWater Cleveland’s La Villa Hispana ‘On the Ground’ series: Nutrition, public safety, education, more," 22 Aug. 2019 After months of protests throughout North Carolina chronicled in the national news, Woolworth opened its lunch counter to all customers — and made the sit-in a primary tactic of the civil rights movement. — Bart Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, "Douglas Moore, provocative presence in civil rights, dies at 91," 5 Sep. 2019 After months of protests throughout North Carolina chronicled in the national news, Woolworth opened its lunch counter to all customers — and made the sit-in a primary tactic of the civil rights movement. — Bart Barnes, Washington Post, "Douglas Moore, provocative presence in civil rights and D.C. politics, dies at 91," 4 Sep. 2019

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“Lunch counter.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20counter. Accessed 25 January 2020.