luncheonette

[ luhn-chuh-net ]

noun

1. a small restaurant or lunchroom where light meals are served.

luncheonette

/ ˌlʌntʃəˈnɛt /

noun

1. a café or small informal restaurant where light meals and snacks are served

Word History and Origins

Origin of luncheonette¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; luncheon + -ette

Example Sentences

He met fellow Mar Vista resident Hollis Johnson, discovered a mutual love of fishing, and became a regular at the luncheonette with a fading Formica counter, eight or ten upholstered swivel stools bolted into the ground.

From Los Angeles Times

Of course, there’s also the fun aspect of we get to design it exactly the way that we want, we get to say, ‘Does that rock look better behind the gas station or the luncheonette?’

From Los Angeles Times

Carved foam mountains and mesas, real and fabricated cactuses of various sizes and forced perspectives were placed — sometimes 1,000 feet away — behind the little town’s period-perfect recreations of a luncheonette, gas station and motel cabins.

From Los Angeles Times

Demi Delvalle runs a luncheonette on Atlantic Avenue, and says the road is often heavily congested, particularly in summer or when one or more large entertainment events are taking place in Atlantic City.

From Seattle Times

And one by one, many of the “Stomp” cast and creators’ go-to East Village locales shut their doors: the adjacent luncheonette Stage Restaurant, the corner bar and bistro Virage, and Gem Spa, the nearly 100-year-old bodega across the street, which closed in 2020.

From New York Times