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coffeehouse

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


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Last year she sued the Oakland coffeehouse owner under Title II, and on Monday she announced that her department would investigate the Brooklyn incident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026

Consider Joseph Morgan III. Born in 1780 into a Welsh immigrant family that became successful Massachusetts farmers, he sold the farm and invested in a Hartford, Conn., coffeehouse and stagecoach line.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 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

I imagined Mother’s face when she arrived home and found what a splendid job I had done running the coffeehouse.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Since Niccol’s appointment, Starbucks’s recent initiatives have included a $500 million investment in revamping its coffeehouses, something the company said is already paying off.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

Ship-spotting got its start as gossip in London’s 17th-century coffeehouses when the newly imported drink became fashionable among the professional classes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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

Starbucks will enter the Olympic arena for the first time by providing specially designed coffeehouses in the Olympic and Paralympic village, competition venues and volunteer hubs for athletes, fans and spectators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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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