Editing Greasy spoon (section)

==Term==
The term ''greasy spoon''—used to describe small and inexpensive [[diner]]s and coffee shops—became popular in the [[United States]] as early as the 1920s.<ref>"greasy spoon" entry, OED</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/greasy#etymonline_v_33790|title=greasy spoon|dictionary=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]|access-date=2024-06-29}}</ref>

Nicknaming cheap restaurants after an unwashed spoon dates back at least to 1848:<ref>{{cite book
| title=Sand and Canvas: A Narrative of Adventures in Egypt, with a Sojourn Among the Artists in Rome
| author=Samuel Bevan
| publisher=[[Charles Gilpin (politician)|C. Gilpin]]
| year=1849
| pages=[https://archive.org/details/sandandcanvasan00bevagoog/page/n396 370]
| url=https://archive.org/details/sandandcanvasan00bevagoog}}
</ref> {{quote|The Gabbione [in Rome] ... has withal an appearance so murky and so very far removed from cleanliness, that the Germans have bestowed upon it the appellation of the 'Dirty Spoon'.}}

The earliest appearance in print of the specific term "greasy spoon" was in 1906, in a story in [[Macmillan's Magazine]], referring to an eatery in Paris frequented for a time by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Douglas |first1=R.B. |title=Stevenson at Fontainebleau |journal=Macmillan's Magazine |date=1906 |volume=I|page=340 |url=https://archive.org/details/macmillansmagaz06unkngoog/page/340/mode/2up |access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref>
{{quote|A tradition exists in the studios of Montparnasse, where Stevenson has already become almost a legendary figure, that "cousin Bob" (R.A.M. Stevenson, the well-known art-critic) one day found his relative moping in the darkest corner of the Cremerie in the Rue Delambre, – an eating-house much frequented by artists, and familiarly known as The Greasy Spoon...}}