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

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

He was sure he’d been pickpocketed at the bakery, and even called Tía Inés to warn her about common criminals eating at the luncheonette where she works.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina