coffeehouse

noun

Definition of coffeehousenext
as in teahouse

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Recent Examples of coffeehouse The coffeehouse’s recent AI deployments include Green Dot Assist, an app on the store’s iPads able to provide recipe cards and appropriate ingredient substitutions, as well as troubleshoot issues with machinery. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 May 2026 Starbucks last year announced a plan to win back customers that focused on the brand’s coffeehouse culture. — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 25 May 2026 The layoffs do not affect its coffeehouse employees. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 May 2026 In Uthmeier’s mind, the world is unfairly denying white men careers as head coaches and coffeehouse baristas. — Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for coffeehouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffeehouse
  1. teahouse
  2. coffee shop
  3. tearoom
  4. tavern
  5. pizzeria
  6. inn
  7. barroom
  8. tea shop
Noun
  • Together the two, along with Mortimer-Wallace’s carpenter husband, built the largely outdoor teahouse and deli in the lush landscape of The Land.
    — Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
  • The backyard has bluestone terraces, three waterfalls, a koi pond, and a bridge to the Japanese teahouse/gazebo.
    — Kim Quillen, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Definition of teahouse
Noun
  • Plans call for ground-level businesses serving residents and the public, such as a bank branch, convenience store and coffee shop.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Try traveling to a library, coffee shop or community center at a set time a few days each week.
    — Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of coffee shop
Noun
  • The 1871 store has all sorts of teas, mugs, and totes, and the cinnamon rolls in its tearoom are worth the trip alone.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • The tearoom has grown by word of mouth, with guests booking ahead for lunch and tea service.
    — Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Definition of tearoom
Noun
  • Crosby confirmed the tavern was open Monday and Tuesday but that several employees didn’t show up for work.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The new restaurant will serve as a neighborhood tavern and will feature trendy live-fire cooking and menu items like tableside Caesar salad, clams casino pasta and martinis.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of tavern
Noun
  • Now that praise came a long time ago and, regrettably, the pizzeria’s founder, Domenico De Marco, died in 2022.
    — Matt Cortina, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Gluck grew up near Columbia University on Claremont Avenue, and decided to use his childhood street name as the namesake of Owen’s pizzeria.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of pizzeria
Noun
  • It’s run by Kohei and Manami Yamada, a Japanese couple in their 30s who lived in San Francisco and Singapore, respectively, and are now turning the sixth-generation inn into a sleek, contemporary take on tradition.
    — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
  • From backpacking to tent, car, or RV camping to unique inns to luxurious private accommodations, there’s something for everyone here no matter what ages or abilities are in your group.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of inn
Noun
  • Throughout their first five albums, the band has spun a web, not unlike the orb weavers of their native Virginia, that marries country, rock, honky-tonk grit and Appalachian soul with rowdy barroom energy.
    — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • This fine-dining restaurant puts as much care into its barroom burger as its seven-course tasting menu, letting its open hearth work magic on the double-decker beauty.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 6 May 2026
Definition of barroom
Noun
  • Owners of a tea shop, Harnam Singh and his wife, Banto, are forced to flee their home, yet they are sheltered by Rajo, a Muslim woman who protects them despite opposition within her family.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Hao’s Grocery and Cafe has also updated services to be a full-service tea shop and deli serving Chef Hao Tran’s dumplings and Vietnamese Bánh mì, as well as vegan to-go options.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Definition of tea shop

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