coffee bar

noun

: an establishment or counter where coffee and usually light refreshments are served

Examples of coffee bar in a Sentence

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Use the top to place your microwave, build a coffee bar, or decorate with floral arrangements and other decorative accents. Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 An employee filmed him filling up one of the restaurant’s for-here ceramic cups at the coffee bar. Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026 There is a giant chessboard on the ceiling above the coffee bar, black vines and forked lightning painted on the walls, and the meeting rooms are called things like Eleven, Hawkins, The Upside Down. Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 June 2026 The coffee bar operates Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, and the restaurant is now doing Sunday night dinners in addition to Saturday’s schedule and a Sunday brunch. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for coffee bar

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of coffee bar was in 1886

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“Coffee bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20bar. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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