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 drive-thru coffee shop is being built where Pride Cleaners occupied a building that has been taken down. Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025 From 2018 to 2021, Lauren Spors faced a number of charges for a series of violent incidents, including striking a manager at a coffee shop and throwing a rock through a window in an effort to break into her mother's house. David Clarey, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025 But is there a Fort Worth coffee shop that serves a cheaper alternative? Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025 Cincinnati mayoral candidate Cory Bowman was hit with 10 judgments for past due sales taxes on his coffee shop. Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 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 28 Oct. 2025.

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