luncheonette
noun
lun·cheon·ette ˌlən-chə-ˈnet 
: a small restaurant serving light lunches
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The luncheonette in downtown Hackensack became their life. 
Terry Pluto, cleveland, 5 June 2022 Hours before some games, the team would show up at the luncheonette. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 5 June 2022 In America, her father built a new life and owned a Brooklyn, New York, luncheonette, Ziff said. Bobby Ross Jr., chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2021 At Richy’s, a Hyde Park luncheonette, general store, and staple among mayoral candidates, the mood Monday swung from apathy to excitement. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2021 There may be no more emblematic culinary pivot of the last 18 months in Portland than Mama Đút, a vegan Vietnamese luncheonette whose origin story reads like a film script. Jordan Michelman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021 Sister and brother, chefs Corinna Mozo and Pabolo Monzo, modeled the restaurant after their grandfather's luncheonette which operated in the 1940s and 1950s in Cuba. Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2021 Other subway-adjacent businesses had followed the barbershop in the space: a grocery store, a luncheonette. Willy Blackmore, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2021 On the second Saturday in March, the owners of Gertie, a Jewish-American luncheonette in Brooklyn, finalized a last step in the makeover of their year-old restaurant. Matthew Haag, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2020 See More
Terry Pluto, cleveland, 5 June 2022 Hours before some games, the team would show up at the luncheonette. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 5 June 2022 In America, her father built a new life and owned a Brooklyn, New York, luncheonette, Ziff said. Bobby Ross Jr., chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2021 At Richy’s, a Hyde Park luncheonette, general store, and staple among mayoral candidates, the mood Monday swung from apathy to excitement. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2021 There may be no more emblematic culinary pivot of the last 18 months in Portland than Mama Đút, a vegan Vietnamese luncheonette whose origin story reads like a film script. Jordan Michelman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021 Sister and brother, chefs Corinna Mozo and Pabolo Monzo, modeled the restaurant after their grandfather's luncheonette which operated in the 1940s and 1950s in Cuba. Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2021 Other subway-adjacent businesses had followed the barbershop in the space: a grocery store, a luncheonette. Willy Blackmore, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2021 On the second Saturday in March, the owners of Gertie, a Jewish-American luncheonette in Brooklyn, finalized a last step in the makeover of their year-old restaurant. Matthew Haag, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined above
luncheonette
noun
as in café
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- café
- diner
- cafeteria
- restaurant
- eatery
- lunchroom
- cafe
- grill
- lunch counter
- snack bar
- caff
- beanery
- pizzeria
- coffeehouse
- chophouse
- tearoom
- tavern
- barroom
- teahouse
- inn
- steak house
- hash house
- coffee shop
- greasy spoon
- estaminet
- bar
- tea shop
