coffee shop
Americannoun
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coffee shops
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of coffee shop
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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"It created a real buzz," said Nadine Price, supervisor at Ground coffee shop on High Street, one of the filming locations.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Instead of mac and cheese, we go for a walk to our favorite coffee shop, Laidrey Coffee Roasters in Tarzana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The brand’s first walk-up-only location, which opened in November near the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, had the highest sales volume of any Dutch Bros coffee shop until May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Next door, Daniel Lancaster has turned the pay-what-you-can coffee he handed out to volunteers after the hurricane into a full-fledged coffee shop, Short Sleeves Coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
We were walking past Prides, a small coffee shop wedged between SavOn's and Von's Supermarket, when I looked in the big plate glass window and saw my father.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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