Step 1 : Introduction to the question "3. In England, a small cafe that serves mainly fried and grilled food is commonly known as what?"
...1. greasy fork 2. greasy knife 3. greasy plate 4. greasy spoon According to Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, the term greasy spoon came about in the 1920s. It referred to cheap cafes, the type of food they produced and the state of the cutlery they provided. Luckily we have strict hygiene laws nowadays but the term greasy spoon has stuck. (No pun intended!)
