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coffeehouse

[kaw-fee-hous, kof-ee-] / ˈkɔ fiˌhaʊs, ˈkɒf i- /


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The coffeehouse opened in June near a neighbourhood of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who strictly shun working, exchanging money and using electricity on Saturdays.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

The beginning of my professional trajectory was spent in Paris, and there is such a coffeehouse culture in Paris, no?

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Between his coffeehouse, wife and three kids, it all got spent.

From MarketWatch Feb. 24, 2026

In contrast to this bright, festooned, walnut-trimmed coffeehouse, the memory of the old location feels like a fever dream.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2025

They’d returned to the coffeehouse, and Mister Hertzoon had handed both of them their profits straight from his safe.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

There’s also the fact that these new third-wave coffeehouses don’t have the pall of controversy surrounding them.

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

The markets bustled with activity; the taverns and coffeehouses buzzed with conversation; the federal, state, and local governments took up the business they had left off in September.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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