coffeehouse
noun
a public place that specializes in serving coffee and other refreshments and that sometimes provides informal entertainment.
coffeehouses
-
pluralof coffeehouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
These changes are part of Niccol’s turnaround strategy at Starbucks, which aims to address slow service and overly busy coffeehouses.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
The company does have long-term ambitions to open as many as 5,000 new U.S. coffeehouses, but in the near term it needs to pull internal growth levers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
This was the vision that former CEO Howard Schultz had long chased: bringing Italian-style coffeehouses to the U.S. and transforming them into a ubiquitous “third place” for Americans.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
“Our coffeehouses are centers of the community, and closing any location is difficult,” Niccol said in the message to employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
Those were the words whispered on the streets of Ketterdam, in the taverns and coffeehouses, in the dark and bleeding alleys of the pleasure district known as the Barrel.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
