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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Snap a picture with the city’s famous rainbow crosswalks and take some time to browse the array of restaurants, stores, and coffee shops here, many tucked inside historic buildings. Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025 The 60-story building at 270 Park Avenue is also home to 19 restaurants, as well as coffee shops, a company store, a gym and Morgan’s, an English pub, The Journal reported. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025 Even as the Five Points neighborhood has transformed—an old house that once held a coffee shop replaced by a sleek new restaurant, and a Jeni’s ice cream shop added down the block—inside this old-fashioned pharmacy, little has changed. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025 The Global Coffee Awards announced its US and Canada edition winners and one Phoenix coffee shop snagged gold. Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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