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also cafe
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as in cabaret
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)
the café presents nationally known jazz performers in an intimate setting
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as in tavern
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises
a speakeasy that became a fashionable café with the repeal of prohibition
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as in restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises
they met at a little café in Paris
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Recent Examples of café
Under Niccol, Starbucks has improved cafe operations, added buzzy new menu items, reintroduced seating to its locations and beefed up staffing at its coffeehouses.
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Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 May 2026
There’s parks, there’s cute cafes, and the hiking is actually there’s some really close to downtown.
—AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
Meanwhile, 24 eateries, including a local cafe, received citations for health code violations such as brown residue in the ice machine, a lack of quaternary ammonia test strips and improperly cooled food.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 15, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Medical teams notably took care of some victims of the 2015 attacks at the Bataclan concert hall, cafes and national stadium.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
Dang, 42, said she was inspired to run after customers at her Alum Rock Vietnamese cafe expressed fear of visiting her business due to rising safety concerns.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
The walkable historic downtown area boasts plenty of curious and eclectic boutiques and cafes.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
The Chicago metro area is getting its first Dutch Bros cafe this week, with additional Illinois locations set to open later this year.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The city is most vibrant from April to September, with parks showing off their seasonal shades of green while locals gather at outdoor cafes and cultural events.
—Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 May 2026
There’s parks, there’s cute cafes, and the hiking is actually there’s some really close to downtown.
—AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
Meanwhile, 24 eateries, including a local cafe, received citations for health code violations such as brown residue in the ice machine, a lack of quaternary ammonia test strips and improperly cooled food.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 15, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Medical teams notably took care of some victims of the 2015 attacks at the Bataclan concert hall, cafes and national stadium.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
Dang, 42, said she was inspired to run after customers at her Alum Rock Vietnamese cafe expressed fear of visiting her business due to rising safety concerns.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
The walkable historic downtown area boasts plenty of curious and eclectic boutiques and cafes.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
The Chicago metro area is getting its first Dutch Bros cafe this week, with additional Illinois locations set to open later this year.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The city is most vibrant from April to September, with parks showing off their seasonal shades of green while locals gather at outdoor cafes and cultural events.
—Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for café
Noun
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The show is part variety spectacular, part cabaret, part magic show, but always exceptionally darling.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The movie starred Ewan McGregor as Christian, a writer who ends up sucked into Paris' Bohemian movement, and Kidman as Satine, the star performer and courtesan at the titular cabaret.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The whole pie is cut into small squares or rectangles, known as a party or tavern cut.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Riegelsville Housed in an 1838 building along the Delaware River, Riegelsville Inn serves hearty American fare in a cozy tavern setting.—
Hannah Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2026
Noun
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One wonders if this is because his clientele skews a bit older than, say, Jean’s, a restaurant and club in downtown Manhattan that always seems crowded with glamorous women in their early twenties.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Matching the anything-goes vibe that flows through the resort, the breezy restaurant pavilion is merely a suggestion—ordering lunch or dinner to your private terrace, a candlelit table on the beach, or one of the dozen-or-so secret seating nooks scattered around the property is actively encouraged.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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Southern Hospitality derived as a spinoff of Charm, spotlighting Leva Bonaparte’s staff at her nightclub Republic Garden & Lounge.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Cabins under nightclubs or late-night bars can pick up bass vibrations that continue into the early hours.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Hicks, who opened the saloon in the East Bottoms in 2001, told a story from two or three years ago about the relationship between The Mavericks and their Kansas City fans.—
Dan Kelly
May 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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This happened because Sterling was a man of very rare gifts, starting with a set of pipes that, even in his late 80s, could make the grandest church organ sound like a tinny, old saloon piano.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Johnson died on June 10, 1946, in an auto crash in North Carolina, after storming out of a diner where he’d been asked to sit in a rear section reserved for Blacks.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Atlanta's vibrant food scene offers diners so much more than comfort food classics (although top-notch versions of chicken, biscuits, and all the fixings can be found here, certainly), and leaving the city without tucking into an unforgettable meal should be criminal.—
Mike Jordan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2026
Noun
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There was interest from Aston Villa and RB Leipzig, as well as other clubs in Germany and Spain.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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For a modest fee, Bradley created a new routine for Delroy, tailored to her abilities, incorporating the still trendy Charleston and other saucier moves popular in Black dance halls and night clubs in the mid-nineteen-twenties.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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The stargazy pie at Dean’s—a new British-ish, pub-ish restaurant on the edge of SoHo—is, in a word, freaky.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The hotel has an on-site country-style pub, used by guests and locals alike, which in itself is a stroke of genius.—
Bridget Mills-Powell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Café.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caf%C3%A9. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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