coffeehouse

noun

Definition of coffeehousenext
as in teahouse

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Recent Examples of coffeehouse The frothy creation, which first launched in 2015 and was discontinued six years ago, will be back on coffeehouse menus for a limited time starting Wednesday, July 1, with early access for Starbucks Rewards members on June 30. — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 People snapped their fingers, coffeehouse style. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 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 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
  • In January 2026, Betancur and his wife, Leidy Ospina, opened The ChangeBaker Place next door to the bakery, a coffee shop and patisserie featuring Colombian beans, local artwork and a tres leches latte created by barista Alexandra Pilarte.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026
  • To anchor the novel’s period accuracy, Kepnes drew on her own handwritten coffee shop journals and disposable camera photos from her time living in the West Village.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 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
  • Under various owners, Glen View House operated for decades as a tavern and restaurant before closing in March 2023.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Dig Into a Classic Burger at Redamak’s Redamak’s has been flipping its famous cheeseburgers in New Buffalo since 1946, when George and Mary Redamak turned a humble lakeside tavern into a summer staple.
    — Amy Bizzarri, Midwest Living, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of tavern
Noun
  • The brand has been making ovens for 50 years and, no knock on the other recommendations in this piece, produces cooking equipment that would be right at home in a professional pizzeria.
    — Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
  • After her release, Loren-Maltese worked at a pizzeria and held a garage sale to help her daughter attend beauty school and to pay back taxes.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of pizzeria
Noun
  • The service Service is warm but minimal, just as expected at a smaller inn like this.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The historic house dates to 1923 and has a storied history that includes time as four different inns.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 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
  • A couple's anniversary getaway took a wild turn when a bear strolled into a Gatlinburg tea shop and began rummaging through merchandise before suddenly jumping onto the counter in a startling encounter caught on video.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of tea shop

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