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Recent Examples of luncheonette
However, this June, that counter in Bakersfield is reopening, serving hot meals again, after renovations by husband-and-wife owners Emily and Sherod Waite, who have installed images of historical sit-ins above the luncheonette, as well as landmark pieces by artists of color from the 1930s to today.
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Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Take a culinary road trip with the chef who opened a luncheonette in a historic train caboose on the Pacific Coast Highway.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Yet a recent wave of newly-refurbished, next-generation diners and luncheonettes have ushered in a vibrant new era and audience.
—Laura Neilson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Ugly Duckling is a sweet luncheonette with memorable breakfast sandwiches.
—Chelsea Conaboy, New York Times, 20 June 2024
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Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Take a culinary road trip with the chef who opened a luncheonette in a historic train caboose on the Pacific Coast Highway.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Yet a recent wave of newly-refurbished, next-generation diners and luncheonettes have ushered in a vibrant new era and audience.
—Laura Neilson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Ugly Duckling is a sweet luncheonette with memorable breakfast sandwiches.
—Chelsea Conaboy, New York Times, 20 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luncheonette
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In some cases, these are white-collar contractors, but on the Capitol grounds, these are custodial and cafeteria workers.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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Like the face-to-face collaboration benefits lost at GISS, employees fear shutting down Goddard's cafeteria will be stifling.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea Boots Chaco Fields Chelsea Waterproof For easy, versatile fall footwear, pack a boot that can handle everything from a simple hike to a reservation at a restaurant for dinner.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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Queensbridge Collective is a $700 million mixed-use development featuring 42 stories for apartments retail and restaurants and a 43-story office tower above more than 300 apartments on the border of the South End and uptown.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
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The restaurant is 7,000 square feet and will seat 130 diners indoors (an outdoor patio is scheduled to open later this year).—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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And the rise of dining-out prices cools as restaurateurs face financially skittish diners.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Beyond employment, Wilson Administration officials re-segregated bathrooms, lunchrooms, and workspaces in federal buildings that had been integrated since the end of the Civil War.—
Time,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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With an exception here and there, most of these guys started gambling as teens, playing lunchroom hold-em and NFL parlays for a buck or two a throw.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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Kindred has 107 rooms, 95 residences, and three eateries, including Keystone's first sushi restaurant.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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With locations in Waxhaw and Matthews, this will mark the eatery’s third location in the Charlotte metro.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Oct. 2025
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Zeev with Navan’s founders Ariel Cohen (L) and Ilan Twig (C) at an initial investment meeting for Navan at a Palo Alto, California, cafe in 2015.—
Michal Lev-Ram, CNBC Contributor,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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In its post, the cafe said more information about the Elk Grove cafe’s opening date and grand opening festivities would be coming soon.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Nestled in the heart of the historic Five Points neighborhood, just up Lumpkin Street from Sanford Stadium, the family-run pharmacy and old-school lunch counter has been a community staple since its doors first opened in 1961—and it’s hardly changed in the decades since.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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From the basement lunch counter at J.L. Hudson’s to the city’s beloved Coney Island spots and the white-tablecloth elegance of the Caucus Club where a young Barbra Streisand once sang, these institutions reflect the many ways Detroiters gathered to eat, talk and celebrate.—
Elissa Robinson,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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There are real goats and horses here, as well as a snack bar serving funnel cakes, plus hay bales stacked dangerously high, and all manners of rusty farming equipment painted to resemble barnyard animals.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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In November 1984, 16-year-old Theresa Fusco disappeared after she was fired from her job working the snack bar at a roller rink in Lynbrook.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Luncheonette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luncheonette. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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