coffee shop

noun

Synonyms of coffee shopnext
: a small restaurant

Examples of coffee shop in a Sentence

We bought a muffin at the hotel's coffee shop.
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Initial tenants are slated to include a Latin dance studio, a salon suite, a coffee shop and a gelato shop, according to votes Charlotte City Council approved Monday. Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026 Young Japanese nostalgic for the country’s Shōwa era are opening their own traditional coffee shops, called kissaten. Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 14 Jan. 2026 Both Hall and Johnson recognize the significance of coffee shops as essential sites for community organizing and are hopeful that tradition will continue at Harun. Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026 The owners of a coffee shop facing Cheesman Park are ready to move forward with a new tenant three months after closing the concept, Secret Garden Bar & Cafe, in the midst of a unionization effort by the small staff. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026 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 17 Jan. 2026.

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