tea shop

noun

1. a tearoom.

2. British.,  a caf é or tearoom that specializes in serving light meals and snacks; lunchroom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tea shop¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

With no formal education, she worked in restaurants in the area before taking over the Yue Wa Chinese herbal supplement and tea shop in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times

Sheltering inside a tea shop from a sudden violent hail storm that battered the ancient city of Diyabakir, Necmettin Bilmez, 65, a driver, was sceptical about what might follow.

From BBC

Set in a South African tea shop during apartheid, the Tony-nominated play centers on the son of the shop’s white owner, the two Black waiters who helped raise him and the charged conversations that challenge their fragile, shared bond.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, every morning, he would shuffle to his family's tea shop and fry up ee kyar kwe, which are doughsticks.

From BBC

Jemma Swallow, who used to own a tea shop in London, says 10% "covers most situations, without leaving the customer resentful of being asked for it and the staff for not receiving one".

From BBC

Related Words

• coffee bar 
• coffeehouse