noun
a cheap often small restaurant
grabbed a quick sandwich at a local eating house
Synonyms: beanery, ||buffet, café, ||caff, coffee shop, cookshop, diner, ||greasy spoon, ||hashery, ||hash house, lunch counter ( or bar), luncheonette, lunchroom, lunch wagon ( or cart), quick-lunch, sandwich shop, snack bar ( or counter)
Related Word: cafeteria, eatery, tearoom; trattoria