How to Use greasy spoon in a Sentence

greasy spoon

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  • We ate at some greasy spoon near the bus station.
  • But the Betsy Ross isn’t all greasy spoon and transients.
    — Caroline Leavitt, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Pop over to the itty-bitty, upscale greasy spoon next door, Box Kitchen, to grab some unique bar snacks.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Her life is built on routines (the same omelet at the same greasy spoon, exactly two brandies per night), and her past is full of heartache.
    — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Two nights earlier, someone climbed on the roof of the Tuscaloosa greasy spoon and snatched the script-A sign from the spot Lewis bolted it in more than 20 years ago.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 19 Oct. 2020
  • After your stroll, pull up a stool at the Dock Street Coffee Shop, a single-counter greasy spoon, and recharge with eggs and home fries ($8).
    — Remy Tumin, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • By Monday, they will be cleared for action flicks at the cineplex and burgers at their favorite greasy spoon.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2020
  • New Jersey is known as the diner capital of the world thanks to the hundreds of greasy spoons within the Garden States borders.
    — Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping, 4 June 2019
  • Shirlene’s Cuisine, a charming greasy spoon, welcomed us with a light-up sign depicting a sleigh.
    — Ann Votaw, Marie Claire, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Remember waiting half an hour in a greasy spoon to order a hamburger?
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
  • Morning Start where everyone starts their best days on the coastside: 3-Zero Cafe, the greasy spoon adjacent to the airport’s main landing strip.
    — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2018
  • Like its greasy spoon inspiration, though, Shake Shack anoints its burgers with a piquant secret sauce.
    — Grey Poupon, Bon Appetit, 31 Oct. 2017
  • If the allegations against Arroyo are true and the sprawling probe is any indication: Folks don’t do their deals at greasy spoon Loop restaurants any more.
    — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • There is a quintessential greasy spoon breakfast spot, WiseCracks Cafe.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Just north of Boston, on the other side of the Mystic River: an unlikely engine of upward mobility in a land of greasy spoons and auto body shops and modest two-family homes with chain-link fences.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Imagine if some enterprising chef brought the best of the United States’ greasy spoon diner dishes to some other country, enchanting the locals with chili cheese fries, jalapeño poppers, and chicken and waffles.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Louise is one of three children in the Belcher family, whose parents — droning, oft-beleaguered Bob and resiliently positive Linda — run a seaside greasy spoon.
    — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • For the last eleven years, everyone’s favorite purveyor of scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked hash browns transforms from a beloved greasy spoon to a fine dining establishment brimming with romance.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2018
  • His account of the new East Village, devoid of greasy spoon Ukrainian restaurants, punk dive bars, and first-generation bohemians (who were, cough cough, also gentrifiers in the 1990s) is funny and gorgeously written.
    — Max Holleran, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Of course, Little Pete’s was just one of the latest old-school greasy spoons to bite the dust of gentrification, succumb to changing tastes (or cheaper chain options nearby), or simply slide into the mediocrity of an indifferent new owner.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
  • The folklorists discovered cowboy poems printed in agricultural magazines, on feed store calendars, even on menus in greasy spoon diners.
    — Ryan T. Bell, National Geographic, 30 Jan. 2020

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