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Recent Examples of luncheonette
In the best picture winner The French Connection (1971), directed by William Friedkin, Lo Bianco was Sal Boca, a flashy guy who as the owner of a modest luncheonette seemed to have a lot of cash on hand.
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
Afterwards, a few of us walked to a small luncheonette where backups ate post-showtime.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
The site of Pete’s Candy Store, on Lorimer Street, was once a general store, a luncheonette and a gambling den.
—New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
For example, in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, individual Charlotte Russe cakes were a popular treat sold in bakeries, candy stores, and luncheonettes in some New York City neighborhoods.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
Afterwards, a few of us walked to a small luncheonette where backups ate post-showtime.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
The site of Pete’s Candy Store, on Lorimer Street, was once a general store, a luncheonette and a gambling den.
—New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
For example, in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, individual Charlotte Russe cakes were a popular treat sold in bakeries, candy stores, and luncheonettes in some New York City neighborhoods.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luncheonette
Noun
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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
Noun
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Set along the beach, the restaurant Parelia offers the best of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine with local seafood and meat dishes cooked over wood-fires.—
Adam Morganstern,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Food and drink concessionaires, professional caterers, event planners — any purveyor that’s not a restaurant, food truck, flea market stall or food hall vendor — are also excluded from the roundup.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Opened in 1962, the diner maintains that retro look and feel.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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As in years past, the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers are once again offering a contest for a chance for one diner to win two complimentary tickets to each dinner of the series.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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At Northview, for example, cellphones are not allowed during the school day and students are not allowed to use Chromebooks in the lunchroom.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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While serving as a dean of discipline in the Chicago Public Schools system, Brian Crowder approached a 15-year-old student in the lunchroom at a Little Village school and asked her for her SnapChat username, the woman, now an adult, testified yesterday.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
Noun
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And Crossroads’ Italian eatery, Lazia, is hosting its 2nd annual Appetite for Art: Il Postino on August 7th with Heidmann Art Salon.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Here are a few highlights of Bronzeville Week events Saturday, Aug. 2: Sample area eateries with Brunch in Bronzeville from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Create a park cafe at the Belle Isle White House. Canals and trails.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Sacramento cafe closed due to unsafe food, lack of hot water Bella Bru Cafe, 4680 Natomas Blvd., Suite 100, in Sacramento, had 10 major food safety violations on Thursday, July 10.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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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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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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Other improvements in the works for the campus on Via de la Cumbre include a parking lot expansion funded by the RSF Association and a new snack bar funded by the golf club.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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“Luncheonette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luncheonette. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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