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coffee shop

NOUN
small restaurant where coffee is served
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“Where’s the coffee shop? Where’s the place for veterans to hang out? ... Where is the market? Where are the jobs?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

For Tran Trung Van, who manages a three-storey coffee shop, that means packing more patrons around inside tables and turning away those who want to smoke.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Taking a break outside her coffee shop called Hel's Kitchen, Helen Lawson said the by-election was "good".

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Barely a day goes by where she doesn’t bump into former co-workers from the hospital — at the grocery store or the coffee shop or school pick-up.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

A year from now, she wouldn’t be sitting in a Christian coffee shop across from friends who resented her ambition, that was for sure.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner




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