How to Use greasy spoon in a Sentence

greasy spoon

noun
  • We ate at some greasy spoon near the bus station.
  • The greasy spoon sat on the far end of the first floor of a massive brick building that had once been a cotton mill.
    — Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
  • So far, Pilcher says Germans seem to love the state’s array of greasy spoons.
    — Will Peischel, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Remember waiting half an hour in a greasy spoon to order a hamburger?
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • This breakfast joint is your quintessential greasy spoon, with worn red leatherette chairs and a sign limiting cell phone use.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
  • Shirlene’s Cuisine, a charming greasy spoon, welcomed us with a light-up sign depicting a sleigh.
    — Ann Votaw, Marie Claire, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Like its greasy spoon inspiration, though, Shake Shack anoints its burgers with a piquant secret sauce.
    — Grey Poupon, Bon Appetit, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Menemsha Galley is perfect for a lobster roll, a fish sandwich or a burger, but don’t skimp on the soft-serve ice cream dipped in chocolate. Dock Street Coffee Shop, a single-counter greasy spoon, hasn’t changed much in its nearly 50-year history.
    — Remy Tumin, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • When a Manhattan greasy spoon promises the world’s best cup of coffee, Buddy is ecstatic.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • There is a quintessential greasy spoon breakfast spot, WiseCracks Cafe.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Then there's Shep’s Grill, a favorite greasy spoon with local art on display and hearty breakfast dishes like biscuits and gravy and French toast.
    — Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Everybody loves a burger, and Fort Worth has no shortage of joints serving up everything from greasy spoon classics to stacked gourmet creations.
    — Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Though you might be led to believe otherwise by the name, Health Camp is an old-school greasy spoon beloved by generations since 1949.
    — Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 19 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • This fashion month alone, there’s been everything from a Burberry takeover of a greasy spoon café in London, to the pick-and-mix fruit bags on offer at The Row.
    — Annachiara Barretto-Grignoli, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
  • History has shown than when people listen to my music, money tends to flow to bartenders, race tracks, late night greasy spoons, bail bondsman, go kart tracks, tractor pulls, football games, peep shows and several black market vices.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • History has shown than when people listen to my music, money tends to flow to bartenders, race tracks, late night greasy spoons, bail bondsman, go kart tracks, tractor pulls, football games, peep shows and several black market vices.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • 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
  • Residents of New Hampshire, where Presidential hopefuls often court diners at greasy spoons, have come to expect high-level politico drop-ins.
    — Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Customers fill the tables in the snug dining room, digging into greasy spoon favorites like the cowboy burger, Tony’s burrito and the special of the day — Fruity Pebbles cheesecake conchas.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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

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