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also cafe
1
as in cabaret
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)
the café presents nationally known jazz performers in an intimate setting
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2
as in tavern
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises
a speakeasy that became a fashionable café with the repeal of prohibition
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3
as in restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises
they met at a little café in Paris
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Elsewhere in the Bazaar, past the produce and other culinary stalls are cafes for meals and the thick, grainy Turkish coffee but the coffee isn’t just for drinking.
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Laurie Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
What’s unique is how it’s split across three levels: the water level for boats; the upper pavement level for pedestrians; and the central middle level, which houses Utrecht’s wharf cellars, many of which have been transformed into atmospheric bankside cafes, bars, and restaurants.
—Gurdeep Loyal, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
The 116,000-square-foot hotel will include an event space, restaurant, bar, cafe, two retail spaces and 142 rooms.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 16 Oct. 2024
The cafe combined Underbelly's sterling food reputation (Feges BBQ's Erin Smith, then with Underbelly, was tabbed in '13 to help craft the food program) with the high-quality beverages of Greenway Coffee, owned today by Buehrer, Ecky Prabanto and Nikén Prabanto.
—Timothy Malcolm, Chron, 11 Oct. 2024
Hit my face with some water and sunscreen, throw on an old T-shirt and shorts and head to the library cafe (a converted home of sorts with each room filled with books and beautiful vintage furniture.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024
For example, the club’s cafe will include a pizza robot that will be able to make as many as 100 pizzas in an hour.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2024
One of the events was held at a private residence in midtown Phoenix, the other at a tea cafe in south Tempe.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024
Be sure to visit the delightful local grocery store/cafe/gathering-place.
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Laurie Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
What’s unique is how it’s split across three levels: the water level for boats; the upper pavement level for pedestrians; and the central middle level, which houses Utrecht’s wharf cellars, many of which have been transformed into atmospheric bankside cafes, bars, and restaurants.
—Gurdeep Loyal, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
The 116,000-square-foot hotel will include an event space, restaurant, bar, cafe, two retail spaces and 142 rooms.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 16 Oct. 2024
The cafe combined Underbelly's sterling food reputation (Feges BBQ's Erin Smith, then with Underbelly, was tabbed in '13 to help craft the food program) with the high-quality beverages of Greenway Coffee, owned today by Buehrer, Ecky Prabanto and Nikén Prabanto.
—Timothy Malcolm, Chron, 11 Oct. 2024
Hit my face with some water and sunscreen, throw on an old T-shirt and shorts and head to the library cafe (a converted home of sorts with each room filled with books and beautiful vintage furniture.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024
For example, the club’s cafe will include a pizza robot that will be able to make as many as 100 pizzas in an hour.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2024
One of the events was held at a private residence in midtown Phoenix, the other at a tea cafe in south Tempe.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024
Be sure to visit the delightful local grocery store/cafe/gathering-place.
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Café.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caf%C3%A9. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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