coffee shop

noun

1. a small, usually inexpensive, restaurant where refreshments and light meals are served.

coffee shop

noun

1. a shop where coffee is sold or drunk

Word History and Origins

Origin of coffee shop¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

You won’t want to set the whole thing up on the table at the local coffee shop, but it’s a great option for gamers who want to play once they get to a hotel or another destination with a little desk space and a free outlet.

From Popular-Science

Sometimes when I go to the coffee shop, and I’m wearing shorts, people are clapping me.

From Time

The coffee industry made changes across its entire supply chain, from harvest to the local coffee shop, despite the uncertainty of demand.

From MIT Technology Review

Manna’s biggest partner is grocery giant Tesco, but the drone delivery option has turned out to be a boon for local businesses, from mom-and-pop coffee shops to bookstores, as they fight to stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic.

From Fortune

The Apple Notes widget, for example, lets you set up one-tap access to a particular folder inside the Notes app, while the largest of the Apple Maps widgets lets you look for places like coffee shops or gas stations in the nearby area.

From Popular-Science

Matt was a guy I would see at a coffee shop here in town from time to time.

From The Daily Beast

A family friend had asked to hang some of her paintings in his coffee shop.

From The Daily Beast

And unless you are a mind reader, you will find almost no evidence of it in your local coffee shop.

From The Daily Beast

I meet Osment at a coffee shop in Greenwich Village for lunch.

From The Daily Beast

Tarantino wrote it there over several months in his hotel, as well as the “coffee shop” Betty Boop.

From The Daily Beast

The boys dressed rapidly and hurried down to the hotel coffee shop.

From Project Gutenberg

He looked in at the coffee-shop while I was eating my bit of food.

From Project Gutenberg

I left the coffee shop later on for a place in the city, and saw nothing more of them for five years.

From Project Gutenberg

What the pump is to the villager, so the coffee-shop is to the soldier of the New Army.

From Project Gutenberg

In the coffee-shop Wankin is invariably the centre of an interested group.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• coffee bar
• coffeehouse