lunch counter

Example Sentences

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When he got in, he worked in his brother’s restaurants—a lunch counter, then a pizzeria—to pay his tuition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

French food isn’t about to be knocked from its perch: The No. 1 lunch counter is still the local bakery.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2023

As a youth, he organized a lunch counter sit-in to protest segregation in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas.

From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2023

In their vision, the lanes are lit up, the lunch counter is bustling and every time someone bowls a spare or a strike, a screen above the lane supplies a fact about civil rights history.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

Now the diminutive freshman waited nervously in his dorm room, dressed in his best suit and preparing to risk everything for the right to order a cup of coffee at a five-and-dime lunch counter.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson