Cafe

ca·fé also ca·fe  (k-f, k-)

n.

A coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar.

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[French, coffee, café, from Italian caffè, coffee, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh; see coffee.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cafe - a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse caff - informal British term for a cafe cybercafe - a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink espresso shop - a cafe where espresso is served estaminet - a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee pull-in, pull-up - a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant - a building where people go to eat