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Recent Examples of luncheonette
This simple and straightforward luncheonette never tries to overcomplicate the diner experience, and that attitude carries through to the menu.
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Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
The luncheonette takes its name from one of Rouse’s favorite country acts, Pinto Bennett & the Famous Motel Cowboys.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Start mornings at Candy Kitchen, an old-school luncheonette (which opened back in 1925), then stroll downtown to shop at upscale Sylvester & Co.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2025
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.
—Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
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Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
The luncheonette takes its name from one of Rouse’s favorite country acts, Pinto Bennett & the Famous Motel Cowboys.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Start mornings at Candy Kitchen, an old-school luncheonette (which opened back in 1925), then stroll downtown to shop at upscale Sylvester & Co.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2025
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.
—Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luncheonette
Noun
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The Met café is a glorified cafeteria—and an overpriced one at that.—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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Upstairs, the small cafeteria provides a proper dose of ski nostalgia.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Nevertheless, everyone can celebrate (or drown their sorrows) with some of the free and discounted offerings at these restaurants.—
Mike Snider,
AZCentral.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Her mother, who washed dishes at a restaurant on weekends and cleaned hotel rooms six days a week, stopped going to work.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The lemon pizza and bone marrow tater tots wow diners, yet the regularly rotating menu centered around local harvests keeps guests guessing about what’s coming to their tables next.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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For decades, the restaurant functioned as a gathering place for musicians, neighborhood regulars and generations of diners who watched the surrounding corridor transform.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Anthropic’s lunchroom, downstairs, was where Claude banged its head against walls in real life.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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But fate placed them in the lunchroom of Queensborough Community College in 1985.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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From Thai staples to Texas steaks and soup dumplings, here’s a look at what is heading to the region over the next few months, with new eateries replacing old spots that, for one reason or another, didn’t pan out.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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Half of the locations will be closed permanently, while the other 14 will be converted into other Darden Restaurants eateries.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Six months into the protests, Woolworth integrated the lunch counter.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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His view was that the factory worker filling out a basketball parlay card at a local lunch counter was in some sense complicit.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As demolition is currently underway inside the Ranch Clubhouse as part of the RSF Association’s restaurant renovation project, the golf club is preparing to begin its own project in the coming months, a remodel of the course snack bar.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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With power to the snack bar cut due to the thefts, even if daylight games are possible, a massive revenue source for the league has been removed.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Derich Carlson, who co-owns the bar and grill at 320 Southwest Blvd.—
Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2026
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The grill has gone cold, too, as the locals say the empanadas were not bad.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Luncheonette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luncheonette. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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