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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The project — with a full-service restaurant, grab-and-go deli, two bars, a coffee shop, market and butcher — will celebrate its grand opening in Bucktown on June 23. Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025 This branch alone has seven other coffee shops nearby, including Cotti Coffee, a rival founded by former Luckin executives (who were ousted over an accounting scandal that got Luckin delisted from Nasdaq. Elaine Yu, CNBC, 14 June 2025 One of the memory cafes takes place once a month at a local coffee shop. Lydia McFarlane, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025 What To Know On top of the concerns about menu items, the lawsuit, filed Monday, also alleges that the coffee shop denied service to two customers wearing the Star of David, something the owner strongly denies. Dan Gooding hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for coffee shop

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 20 Jun. 2025.

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