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eatery

[ee-tuh-ree] / ˈi tə ri /




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The owner says his team is now considering a new name for the eatery.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

John Overdeck’s legal team has been collecting lunch orders each morning and having food delivered to the courthouse from Hobby’s Delicatessen, a legendary eatery near the courthouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Many customers came over to the table to pick up a shirt and share the many fond memories of the eatery with Wong-Young.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The 38-year-old San Fernando Valley native, who is an avid fan of 1950s and ’60s style, lamented the loss of a long-tenured eatery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

But since it was past midnight, the kitchen was closed, so the trio repaired instead to an all-night local eatery on Sixth Avenue, the Waldorf Cafeteria—a Greenwich Village hangout for artists, writers, and roustabouts.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The supply at the eateries was traced back to a Taylor Farms facility in Central Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Investigations into individual cases also suggest the eateries involved were buying eggs from abroad.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

People were swarming vendors from eateries all around Koreatown, dance circles formed around speakers blasting banda music, and “oohs” and “ahhs” at every missed shot were in perfect sync.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

And while business manager visa holders have a three-year grace period to meet the new conditions, some thriving businesses -- including many popular eateries in Okubo -- fear they won't manage.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

There was a heat unlike anything I’d ever felt, a heat from the great buildings, compounded by the millions of people jamming themselves into subway cars, into bars, into those same tiny eateries and cafes.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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