as in restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises
we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner
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Recent Examples of diner
The fifth annual Super Saturday Pancake Breakfast attracted a large crowd of diners this year who enjoyed a plate of sausage and pancakes, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse pancakes for the kids.
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Just like the former Huso space, diners enter the restaurant through Marky’s retail shop, with the door blending in to the midnight-blue walls.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
The Yale Rep production, directed by longtime Wilson collaborator Lloyd Richards, was intense and angry and staged with the actors hovering over each other at a small table or at the diner counter in the Pittsburgh restaurant that serves as the play’s sole location.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
Each ultra-fancy course brings with it a hard truth about the diners, not to mention escalating acts of violence that, by film's end, veer towards the apocalyptic.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2025
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Just like the former Huso space, diners enter the restaurant through Marky’s retail shop, with the door blending in to the midnight-blue walls.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
The Yale Rep production, directed by longtime Wilson collaborator Lloyd Richards, was intense and angry and staged with the actors hovering over each other at a small table or at the diner counter in the Pittsburgh restaurant that serves as the play’s sole location.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
Each ultra-fancy course brings with it a hard truth about the diners, not to mention escalating acts of violence that, by film's end, veer towards the apocalyptic.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Diner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diner. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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