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Recent Examples of greasy spoon
And in 2023, the British fashion house Burberry partnered with Norman’s Cafe, a reboot of a classic English greasy spoon that opened in London in 2020, promoting its new collection with the help of starchy comfort food like chip butties (a carb-on-carb sandwich of thick fries in a bun).
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Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
City Island Diner feels like being in a small hometown greasy spoon that could be anywhere from Ohio to upstate New York.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
City Island Diner feels like being in a small hometown greasy spoon that could be anywhere from Ohio to upstate New York.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
Run by ex-party girl Wendy, unhinged chef Milius, and odd busboy Willard, this Fresno greasy spoon must overcome unpaid bills and a once-in-a-lifetime volcanic eruption.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
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Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
City Island Diner feels like being in a small hometown greasy spoon that could be anywhere from Ohio to upstate New York.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
City Island Diner feels like being in a small hometown greasy spoon that could be anywhere from Ohio to upstate New York.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
Run by ex-party girl Wendy, unhinged chef Milius, and odd busboy Willard, this Fresno greasy spoon must overcome unpaid bills and a once-in-a-lifetime volcanic eruption.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greasy spoon
Noun
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The family-friendly films begin around 7:40 p.m.; the snack bar opens at 7 p.m. Attendees can also bring their own snacks and should bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
20 July 2025
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Unlike many public beaches, there’s an old-school elegance here, complete with a snack bar that serves lobster rolls.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Founded in 1944 by Sammy Powell, the hash house was later owned by Khalid Farhoud, who passed it on in 1996.—
Kat Tran
Updated July 25,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
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Tangier is more than just colonial patina and hash houses.—
Graham H. Cornwell,
Washington Post,
8 Apr. 2023
Noun
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At Kitty’s Cafe in midtown Kansas City, with just two chairs at a small lunch counter, that wisdom holds true.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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Golden was reared on jazz and experimental theater by her parents, who ran a lunch counter in Brooklyn.—
Jeff Gage,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
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More than 8 in 10 students reported feeling safe in the hallways, bathrooms, locker rooms and cafeterias.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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There was a slapstick randomness to these loves conducted in dozens of languages during movie nights or dance lessons, or in the cafeteria, where everyone went despite the dullest food in the city in case a potential romance awaited by the steamed-vegetable medley.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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New York has always been a steak-house town, even when steak houses weren’t cool.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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The newest in the chain is Felice Port Chester, located in what had been a vast 7,600 square foot warehouse dating to 1903, in recent years converted into a steak house, then a seafood restaurant.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Greasy spoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greasy%20spoon. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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