coffee housenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒf.i ˌhaʊs/us/ˈkɑː.fi ˌhaʊs/a restaurant, especially in central and northern Europe, where people have coffee or other drinks, cakes, and small meals
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Restaurants & cafes
- all-you-can-eat
- automat
- bill of fare
- bistro
- brasserie
- buffet
- coffee shop
- diner
- drive-through
- eatery
- fast food restaurant
- grill
- internet café
- mess
- roadhouse
- rotisserie
- salad bar
- send
- send out for sth
- à la carte
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Examples from literature
- Coffee houses reflected the character of their neighborhoods.
- I revised my first intention of going to the club, and bought a sandwich or two at the corner coffee house.
- I was told of the quarrel next day in the coffee house.
- Suddenly he noticed the door of a coffee house, with green Venetian shutters.
- Workmen usually began their day by reading a newspaper at a coffee house.