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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Later, architect Paul Williams added his own touch, including a famous coffee shop, and then the Cocoanut Grove nightclub really put it on the map. Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025 Gone are the days of paying for overpriced coffee shop matcha. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025 Previous coffee shops in the space include West Little Rock cafe and bakery The Croissanterie and The Paranoid Android. Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2025 There’s nothing like a hot cup o’ Joe in the fall — but daily trips to a coffee shop certainly add up. Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 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 16 Oct. 2025.

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