coffeehouse
noun
cof·fee·house
ˈkȯ-fē-ˌhau̇s 
ˈkä-
: an establishment that sells coffee and usually other refreshments and that commonly serves as an informal club for its regular customers
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The main floor was repainted in warm, dark colors to resemble the coffeehouse Gerde’s Folk City—i.e., the site of Dylan’s first major professional gig.
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Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
The work stoppages on Christmas Eve mark the final wave of a five-day strike meant to disrupt Starbucks during one of the busiest times of the year for the coffeehouse giant.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
Baek Hea-soon woke up at 4 a.m. on Friday and traveled from the nearby city of Gimpo — 30 miles northwest of Seoul — to be one of the first in a line of hundreds outside the coffeehouse’s latest outpost.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Yemeni coffeehouses, which got their start in Detroit and are spreading to other cities as late-night alternatives to bars, flavor pots of coffee with hawaij, a spice mix heavy with cardamom, ginger and cinnamon.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
The work stoppages on Christmas Eve mark the final wave of a five-day strike meant to disrupt Starbucks during one of the busiest times of the year for the coffeehouse giant.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
Baek Hea-soon woke up at 4 a.m. on Friday and traveled from the nearby city of Gimpo — 30 miles northwest of Seoul — to be one of the first in a line of hundreds outside the coffeehouse’s latest outpost.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Yemeni coffeehouses, which got their start in Detroit and are spreading to other cities as late-night alternatives to bars, flavor pots of coffee with hawaij, a spice mix heavy with cardamom, ginger and cinnamon.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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coffeehouse
noun
cof·fee·house
ˈkȯ-fē-ˌhau̇s
ˈkäf-ē-
: a business that sells coffee and usually other refreshments and that often serves as an informal club for its regular customers
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