as in restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises
we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner
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Recent Examples of diner
His true seasonal arc begins not with Bruce’s (Damon Daunno) death but rather in the Brick & Bacon, a New York City diner where a 20something waitress named Regina (Delainey Hayles) works shifts that don’t get her any closer to making ends meet.
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Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Chef Ángel León serves half the menu outside on a pier so diners can soak in the sunsets and surrounding marshland.
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Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 June 2026
Yet by the time the highway’s motels, diners, auto repair shops and gas stations were open to all travelers, Route 66’s downturn had already begun.
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Daniel Milowski,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
The diner was later inducted into the inaugural Arkansas Food Hall of Fame class and repeatedly named among the best barbecue restaurants in America.
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Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
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Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Chef Ángel León serves half the menu outside on a pier so diners can soak in the sunsets and surrounding marshland.
—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 June 2026
Yet by the time the highway’s motels, diners, auto repair shops and gas stations were open to all travelers, Route 66’s downturn had already begun.
—
Daniel Milowski,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
The diner was later inducted into the inaugural Arkansas Food Hall of Fame class and repeatedly named among the best barbecue restaurants in America.
—
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diner
restaurant
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The restaurant sources its birotes from Duran’s to make the open-face, bean and cheese-smeared breakfast sandwiches popular throughout Mexico.
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The coaster will be located in a new section of Six Flags called Rancho de la Tormenta, featuring Cocina Abuela – a Spanish/Latin American restaurant.
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“Diner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diner. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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