luncheonette
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The family later moved to the South Bronx, where they opened up a luncheonette called “Mambo”: a name chosen by young Eddie, who was enthralled by the Cuban dance hall rhythms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
In street clothes, he drives a silver pickup truck with a yellow light on top through the port’s busy lanes, past a greasy-spoon luncheonette and beyond a gate by a former Singer sewing machine factory.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
Her father built a new life in America and owned a luncheonette in Brooklyn, New York, Ziff said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
In fact, his mother and father ran a luncheonette and his father also worked as a milliner.
From Fox News ● Jul. 5, 2021
Next door was Saylor’s Feed and Supply Store, and next to that was the Rite-Time, a six-stool luncheonette run by Minnie Raymond.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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