coffee shop

noun

: a small restaurant

Examples of coffee shop in a Sentence

We bought a muffin at the hotel's coffee shop.
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They’re encouraged to take their coffee or warm drink (from our full-service coffee shop) and explore. American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025 The owners hope to attract a coffee shop or bakery to street-level retail space. Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025 This facility is one of three destination branches among the system’s 33 libraries and offers additional services, as well as several community rooms and a coffee shop. Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025 Get a taste of some of Reykjavik’s best ice cream and their famed rye bread with a scoop of rye-bread ice cream at Cafe Loki, a quirky bistro meets coffee shop right in front of the Hallgrímskirkja, the city’s church and most iconic landmark. Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for coffee shop 

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coffee shop was in 1812

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“Coffee shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20shop. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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