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café

[ka-fey, kuh-, ka-fey] / kæˈfeɪ, kə-, kaˈfeɪ /
NOUN
small, informal restaurant
Synonyms
WEAK
bistro burger joint cafeteria cake shop chophouse coffee bar coffee shop diner eating house grease joint greasy spoon hash house luncheonette lunchroom noshery pit stop quick-lunch snack bar soup house tearoom
cafe
NOUN
restaurant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bistro cafeteria coffee shop diner
STRONG
chophouse lunchroom tearoom
WEAK
coffee bar eating house hash house joint luncheonette noshery pit stop snack bar soup house

Example Sentences

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I’ve spent time in the past few weeks in a Yemeni café down the block from me in Brooklyn, N.Y.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"When something happens I will be told what to do," he says over a cup of coffee in a café in Helsinki.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

I had been driving west through downtown and stopped in Chinatown to wait out the morning congestion in a new café that used to be an old bistro.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

I retreat into Jaanan Puoti café and repeat the door ritual.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

My mom and Sergio find us a table at an outdoor café just steps away.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya