luncheonette

Example Sentences

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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

He ducked into the nation’s last operating Woolworth’s luncheonette, where nostalgic diners were getting their final burgers before the building closed for renovations.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 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

“He insisted on getting the largest pair in the shop,” Tía Inés says, as if he isn’t sitting right there at the luncheonette counter she’s wiping down.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina