luncheonette

noun

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Recent Examples of luncheonette 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 The recipes reflect the comfort food aesthetic that Christensen serves at this former pie shop and luncheonette: Pimento Cheese, Deviled Eggs, Macaroni au Gratin and Tomato Pie. — Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2016 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 Because this is a luncheonette, there are milkshakes, made with ice cream from Adirondack Creamery (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, pistachio) and overflowing from tall soda-fountain-style glasses. — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for luncheonette
Recent Examples of Synonyms for luncheonette
  1. cafeteria
  2. restaurant
  3. diner
  4. lunchroom
  5. eatery
  6. cafe
  7. lunch counter
  8. snack bar
Noun
  • The Bursa governor's office told the outlet that the hotel was empty of guests at the time, but 12 staff members remained in the building when the fire broke out in the cafeteria.
    — Natasha Dye, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Tiki Taco does popups inside the Kansas Health System cafeteria Tuesdays.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of cafeteria
Noun
  • Part of the mission of Post Market Place and its parent company, the not-for-profit Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship, is providing healthy food for people, whether at a restaurant or a food pantry.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • As Abdi went to pay, Hoshi's dad hurriedly got out of his seat and dashed across the restaurant to where her fiance was trying to settle up.
    — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of restaurant
Noun
  • The restaurant industry is already anticipating that the latest wave of tariffs will mean higher menu prices for diners.
    — Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Christina Wilkie,Michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Research published in the Journal of Service Research found that third places, like malls, diners or cafés, help combat loneliness by providing spaces for social interaction and emotional support.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of diner
Noun
  • Inside classrooms, the district could reduce waste by increasing use of digital over paper materials and eliminating single-use plastics in the lunchroom.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Musk appeared shortly behind him, deep in conversation with Senator Rick Scott of Florida, before disappearing into the lunchroom.
    — Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of lunchroom
Noun
  • Here in Dublin, the half day program includes a field trip led personally by the hotel’s executive chef, Dublin native Gareth Mullins, whose name also adorns the hotel’s fine dining eatery, Forbes Street by Gareth Mullins.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • New Yorkers are clamoring to eat at the Big Apple’s tiniest eateries—places with as few as 20 seats, for example.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of eatery
Noun
  • Starbucks is making a big bet on reestablishing its cafes as community coffeehouses to reverse a decline in foot traffic and sales.
    — Kelly Tyko, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Corgan’s Highland Park cafe Madame Zuzu’s tea shop will exclusively offer the LPs in an expansive 80-song box set featuring a 48-track Machina and an additional 32 bonus tracks of demos, outtakes, and live performances.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of cafe
Noun
  • Six months prior to his arrival in Greensboro, four Black students from North Carolina A&T refused to leave the whites-only Woolworth lunch counter, launching a sit-in movement that soon drew national attention.
    — Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Best of all, pick up a made-to-order deli sandwich from the lunch counter.
    — Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Definition of lunch counter
Noun
  • The snack bar is located near the main clubhouse, just off the practice greens with a small outdoor patio.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Here, passengers can take advantage of amenities including a fitness center, massage treatment rooms, a lounging area with a coffee, juice, and snack bar, and floor-to-ceiling windows.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of snack bar

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