What nicknames do people have around here for a small eating place where the food is not especially good?
| GREASY SPOON | 219 |
| JOINT | 174 |
| GREAZY SPOON | 157 |
| HASH HOUSE | 60 |
| HAMBURGER JOINT | 55 |
| DINER | 53 |
| BEANERY | 44 |
| DUMP | 36 |
| CAFE | 28 |
| SLOPPY JOE’S | 27 |
| EATING JOINT | 24 |
| DIVE | 22 |
| LUNCHROOM | 20 |
| SNACK BAR | 19 |
| DIRTY SPOON | 16 |
| HOLE IN THE WALL | 14 |
| SLOP JOINT | 14 |
| HASH JOINT | 13 |
| RESTAURANT | 12 |
| SLOP HOUSE | 12 |
| DRIVE-IN | 7 |
| HOT-DOG STAND | 7 |
| LUNCH COUNTER | 7 |
| SLOPPY JOE | 7 |
| HAMBURG JOINT | 5 |
| HOT-DOG JOINT | 5 |
| NR | 5 |
| COFFEE SHOP | 4 |
| EATERY | 4 |
| HONKY-TONK | 4 |
| PTOMAINE PALACE | 4 |
| SOUP JOINT | 4 |
| BUCKET OF BLOOD | 3 |
| CRUMMY JOINT | 3 |
| DINETTE | 3 |
| GREAZY | 3 |
| HAMBURGER STAND | 3 |
| HANGOUT | 3 |
| HOLE | 3 |
| NH | 3 |
| SNACK SHOP | 3 |
| SOUP HOUSE | 3 |
| TRUCK STOP | 3 |
| BEER JOINT | 2 |
| BLUE GOOSE | 2 |
| CAFETERIA | 2 |
| CHEAP JOINT | 2 |
| CHEAP RESTAURANT | 2 |
| CHILI JOINT | 2 |
| CHOP HOUSE | 2 |
| GREASE JOINT | 2 |
| GREASY SKILLET | 2 |
| GREAZY KITCHEN | 2 |
| GYP JOINT | 2 |
| HOT SHOPPE | 2 |
| JOOK JOINT | 2 |
| JUNK PLACE | 2 |
| ONE-ARM JOINT | 2 |
| POOR RESTURANT | 2 |
| PTOMAINE JOINT | 2 |
| SANDWICH SHOP | 2 |
| SLOPPY JOINT | 2 |
| BLIND PIG | 1 |
| BOARDING HOUSE | 1 |
| BOOKBINDER’S | 1 |
| BUFFET | 1 |
| BUM PLACE TO EAT | 1 |
| BUM RESTAURANT | 1 |
| BURGER JOINT | 1 |
| CHEAP PLACE | 1 |
| CHICKEN SHACK | 1 |
| CHOW HOUSE | 1 |
| CHOW PLACE | 1 |
| CLIP JOINT | 1 |
| COCKROACH JOINT | 1 |
| COCKROACH TRAP | 1 |
| COMMON RESTAURANT | 1 |
| COOKSHOP | 1 |
| CORNER JOINT | 1 |
| COUNTER | 1 |
| CRUMMY | 1 |
| DAMN POOR RESTAURANT | 1 |
| DIRTY DISHRAG | 1 |
| DIRTY DOZEN | 1 |
| DIRTY JOINT | 1 |
| DIRTY ONE-ARM RESTAURANT | 1 |
| DIRTY SHAME | 1 |
| DOG WAGON | 1 |
| EAT HERE AND DIE IN THE ALLEY | 1 |
| EATIN’ PLACE | 1 |
| EATING HOUSE | 1 |
| FISH HOUSE | 1 |
| FLIES-DROP-IN | 1 |
| FLOP HOUSE | 1 |
| FLOP JOINT | 1 |
| FLYTRAP | 1 |
| GARBAGE HOUSE | 1 |
| GRAB-IT-‘N-GROWL | 1 |
| GREASE POT | 1 |
| GREASY | 1 |
| GREASY BUCKET | 1 |
| GREASY GREEK’S | 1 |
| GREASY HOUSE | 1 |
| GREASY JOE | 1 |
| GREASY KITCHEN | 1 |
| GREASY THUMB | 1 |
| GREASY VEST | 1 |
| GREAZY GREEK | 1 |
| GREAZY JOINT | 1 |
| GREAZY RAG | 1 |
| GREAZY SKILLET | 1 |
| GREAZY VEST | 1 |
| GREEK JOINT | 1 |
| GREEN FLY | 1 |
| GREEN-FLY-INS | 1 |
| GUT ROBBER | 1 |
| HAMBURGER HOUSE | 1 |
| HASH FACTORY | 1 |
| HASH SHOP | 1 |
| HEAVE-A-GUT | 1 |
| HIDEOUT | 1 |
| HILLBILLY PLACE | 1 |
| HOGSLOP JOINT | 1 |
| HOT-DOG SHOP | 1 |
| INDIGESTION HEAVEN | 1 |
| JERKY PLACE | 1 |
| JITNEY | 1 |
| JUNK STAND | 1 |
| JUST NO NICE PLACE | 1 |
| JUTE JOINT | 1 |
| LITTLE DIRTY JOINT | 1 |
| LOUSY PLACE TO EAT | 1 |
| LOUSY RESTURANT | 1 |
| LUNCH | 1 |
| LUNCH BAR | 1 |
| LUNCH STAND | 1 |
| LUNCHEONETTE | 1 |
| MESS HALL | 1 |
| NASTY MAN | 1 |
| ONE-ARM LUNCH | 1 |
| POOR LUNCH COUNTER | 1 |
| POOR MAN’S FRIEND | 1 |
| POOR RESTAURANT | 1 |
| PTOMAINE | 1 |
| PTOMAINE GULCH | 1 |
| PTOMAINE HOUSE | 1 |
| PTOMAINE JUNCTION | 1 |
| PTOMAINE SPECIAL | 1 |
| PTOMAINE TAVERN | 1 |
| PTOMAINE TILLY’S | 1 |
| PTOMAINE TOWER | 1 |
| PUB | 1 |
| PUNK PLACE | 1 |
| QUICK-AND-DIRTY | 1 |
| QUICK-AND-GREASY | 1 |
| RATTRAP | 1 |
| RUNNING SORE | 1 |
| SALOON | 1 |
| SCHLOCK-HOUSE | 1 |
| SCHLOCK-JOINT | 1 |
| SHACK | 1 |
| SLOP | 1 |
| SLOP PIT | 1 |
| SLOPPY JOE PLACE | 1 |
| SLOPPY PLACE | 1 |
| SLUM JOINT | 1 |
| SMALL CAFE | 1 |
| SNACK HOUSE | 1 |
| SNACK JOINT | 1 |
| SNACK PLACE | 1 |
| SOUL-FOOD PLACE | 1 |
| STAND | 1 |
| TACO JOINT | 1 |
| TAVERN | 1 |
| TEAROOM | 1 |
| TEAROOM THAT’S NOT TOO GOOD | 1 |
| THREE-CENT RESTAURANT | 1 |
| TWO-BY-TEN | 1 |
| UGLY DUCKLING | 1 |
| ULCER GULCH | 1 |
| VOMIT | 1 |
| WEENIE JOINT | 1 |
| WHITE ONION | 1 |
| WHITE TOWER | 1 |
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