coffee shop

noun

Definition of coffee shopnext
as in tea shop

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Recent Examples of coffee shop The social media scuffle comes less than two weeks after Alford hosted a heated town hall at a coffee shop in Belton where a furious crowd shouted at the second-term Republican at every turn. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025 At the Albanian Eagle, a coffee shop in Windsor’s Little Italy, Nuri Lelaj wanted to be clear. — Eric D. Lawrence, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025 These days, audiences can be in their bedroom, on a commuter train or in a coffee shop. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 Zoom in: The goal is for The Bike Library's new space to feel, at least upon entry, more like a coffee shop than a bike shop, with an espresso stand front and center and a bar serving drinks in the evening. — Zachery Eanes, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coffee shop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffee shop
  1. tea shop
  2. coffeehouse
  3. teahouse
  4. steak house
  5. tearoom
  6. pizzeria
Noun
  • Many of the teas are also available for purchase at the store’s tea shop.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing-a dead man in the middle of her tea shop.
    — Patrick Jones, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2024
Definition of tea shop
Noun
  • Pressley says, adding that the concept aligns with coffeehouses' role as community hubs.
    — Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
  • That's the feeling Caitlin Cunningham, a Missouri coffeehouse owner, has had after the 2024 election.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of coffeehouse
Noun
  • What if the landscapes were snowy, the Tim Hortons were teahouses and everyone spoke Persian? Persian and French, technically — this is Canada after all.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • At the teahouse, the Zenlike energy was beginning to prove overwhelming.
    — Puja Patel, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of teahouse
Noun
  • The group went to the Crane Club steak house on Saturday, Feb. 15, around a week after Rock's Feb. 7 birthday.
    — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The Coal Shed is a serious steak house serving local beef cooked over live fire and seafood.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of steak house
Noun
  • The museum tells the stories of Austen’s novels, and visitors can enjoy an afternoon tea in the traditional tearoom upstairs.
    — Nicole Trilivas, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • And in the tearoom, customers sipped homemade soups and nibbled fresh sandwiches and salads.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2025
Definition of tearoom
Noun
  • Starting today, pizza devotees can weigh in on which pizzerias deserve a spot on the list.
    — Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
  • But things only got worse when pizzeria manager Justin went on a journey and lost his vote for what will surely go down as one of the franchise’s most pivotal and historic Tribal Councils… ever!
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of pizzeria

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