variants
or less commonly cafe
often attributive
1
: a usually small and informal establishment serving various refreshments (such as coffee)
broadly
: restaurant
2
: barroom
corporate average fuel economy
Synonyms
Examples of café in a Sentence
Noun
the café presents nationally known jazz performers in an intimate setting
a speakeasy that became a fashionable café with the repeal of prohibition
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Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Ben and Erin will also lend their renovation and design expertise to bolster several local businesses, including a soda shop, theater, and Cuban cafe.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
Across the street, the outdoor Vietnam Town shopping center offers shops, cafes and more.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
In Chengdu, Hua Hua’s face is everywhere – in souvenir shops, cafes, post offices and on billboards.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Having moved from Orange County, California to New York, Buckley began playing guitar and singing cover songs at the Lower East Side cafe Sin-é.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
Some ideas are modest, such as building a cafe in a backyard in the North End, while others are much larger — like a plan to add 189 homes to Southeast Boise about a mile southeast of the Boise State University campus.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2025
When an older woman entered the Pigalle neighborhood cafe, she was greeted with warmth and relief.
—Vivian Song, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Several other tenants are expected to open in the district this year, including Standard Beer + Food and the all-day cafe Good Graces.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The drive to the resort provides a nice overview of Ubud, the closest town to Sayan, which is lined with shops and cafes (and a popular market) just steps from working rice paddies and local Hindu temples and shrines.
—Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Ben and Erin will also lend their renovation and design expertise to bolster several local businesses, including a soda shop, theater, and Cuban cafe.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
Across the street, the outdoor Vietnam Town shopping center offers shops, cafes and more.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
In Chengdu, Hua Hua’s face is everywhere – in souvenir shops, cafes, post offices and on billboards.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Having moved from Orange County, California to New York, Buckley began playing guitar and singing cover songs at the Lower East Side cafe Sin-é.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
Some ideas are modest, such as building a cafe in a backyard in the North End, while others are much larger — like a plan to add 189 homes to Southeast Boise about a mile southeast of the Boise State University campus.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2025
When an older woman entered the Pigalle neighborhood cafe, she was greeted with warmth and relief.
—Vivian Song, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Several other tenants are expected to open in the district this year, including Standard Beer + Food and the all-day cafe Good Graces.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Café.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caf%C3%A9. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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