eat-in

Example Sentences

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So when, at the first eat-in, at the Sands that February, the children defaulted to ordering hamburgers, Duncan barked to the waiters: “No, they do not want hamburgers. They want steak and lobster.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

A new brand with standalone locations - and no eat-in or counter service - is one way of separating out the tricky work of customising individual drinks.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

A sort of reverse boycott occurred, in the form of a one-day eat-in by company fans at Chick-fil-A stores.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

"Although we are now allowed to resume eat-in service, our staff are sick and are still at home, so we haven't got enough hands to serve meals," a staffer told Reuters, requesting anonymity.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2022

In the eat-in area of the kitchen, I spent over an hour constructing an elaborate obstacle course and placed Sir Fig Newton’s food dish at the end.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas