coffee shop

noun

: a small restaurant

Examples of coffee shop in a Sentence

We bought a muffin at the hotel's coffee shop.

Recent Examples on the Web

Magnolia’s restaurants, coffee shops, and bakeries always prioritize seasonal produce and flavors, and this season is no different—you’ll spot dozens and dozens of brand new comfort dishes and drinks to try. —Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2025

Metrics included, for example, average price per pack of coffee or per cappuccino, average household spending on coffee, share of adult coffee drinkers, and number of affordable coffee shops per capita. —Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025

In February 2024, Vega and Morimoto met for coffee at the Interval coffee shop on Milwaukee’s east side to discuss the award-winning chef’s next plan. —Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025

And there are other places, too, like the under-construction Palladium City Skyline apartments and Coffee Folk, a hip coffee shop operating from a trailer outside a historic fire station just off Lancaster. —Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for coffee shop

• barbershop
• countertop
• lollipop
• mountaintop
• overtop
• photoshop
• tabletop
• turboprop
• atop
• backdrop
• backstop
• bebop