hash house

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Recent Examples of hash house 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 Tangier is more than just colonial patina and hash houses. Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023 Sensing her discomfort, Young offered her some memorably sage advice: ‘This is just another hash house on the road to success. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
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Noun
  • To the west, Blue Shutters Town Beach, overlooking Block Island Sound, has a more traditional setup, with lifeguards, showers, and a seasonal snack bar—a favorite among families.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Newell simply co-owns the company with his wife Heidi, who some nights hands out tickets at the front door or helps run the snack bar at intermission.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the daytime, the cocktail bar is filled with light from floor-to-ceiling windows commanding a view of 5th Avenue and the historic Woolworth building, where, as a student, John Lewis led lunch counter sit-ins.
    Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • As Gold well understood, the fact that L.A.’s Korean dumpling shops, Armenian grocery stores, Thai lunch counters, and Salvadoran pupuserías are open to curious outsiders is one of the great privileges of living here.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • There will be a fine dining steak house, a food hall featuring local eateries, a casual restaurant and an Asian dining room.. Circa Sports will continue to operate the sports book.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • On a whim, the 30-year-old applied for several school positions — from cafeteria worker to custodian — including one for a substitute bus driver, despite having zero experience behind the wheel of a bus.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This is the era of all-nighters, early classes, cafeteria skin, and figuring it all out.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Hash house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hash%20house. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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