greasy spoon

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That same greasy spoon appears in other TV and movie shots, including a scene with Meg Ryan in “Sleepless in Seattle.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

He told the man he was looking for a job and the man, who worked for a loan company, told him he should buy the little greasy spoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

A couple from Benin has taken over Chez Morasse, a city institution that introduced a greasy spoon favorite, poutine, to this region.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024

But even if that wasn’t true, the etiquette is the same at a high-end restaurant as it is at your local greasy spoon.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2023

So delicate a substance not only contracts any disagreeable flavour, but is rendered cloudy by the least touch of any greasy spoon, or by a stewpan which has not been properly cleansed.

From Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition by Hooper, Mary