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also cafe
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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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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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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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Recent Examples of café
Several other tenants are expected to open in the district this year, including Standard Beer + Food and the all-day cafe Good Graces.
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Zachery Eanes, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
Bradshaw Animal Shelter in Mather had a small cafe prior to the pandemic, which has also been nixed.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the organization runs a successful local cafe that the community can frequent.
—Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Instead, the deal went down at a Starbucks cafe at a train station in Reading, England.
—Andrew MacKie, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Neighbors and Friends Cafe Located in Pasadena, this cafe is accepting Black hair care product donations.
—Essence, 16 Jan. 2025
At the Chiostro del Bramante (Bramante Cloisters) a peaceful cafe serving cappuccinos and pastries is just steps from bustling Piazza Navona.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
The cafe’s grand opening was held in early December.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
Paco’s opened in 2016 as a new, more flashy version of Paco & John’s, an award-winning interior Mexico cafe nearby on Eighth Avenue.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2025
Zachery Eanes, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
Bradshaw Animal Shelter in Mather had a small cafe prior to the pandemic, which has also been nixed.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the organization runs a successful local cafe that the community can frequent.
—Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Instead, the deal went down at a Starbucks cafe at a train station in Reading, England.
—Andrew MacKie, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Neighbors and Friends Cafe Located in Pasadena, this cafe is accepting Black hair care product donations.
—Essence, 16 Jan. 2025
At the Chiostro del Bramante (Bramante Cloisters) a peaceful cafe serving cappuccinos and pastries is just steps from bustling Piazza Navona.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
The cafe’s grand opening was held in early December.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
Paco’s opened in 2016 as a new, more flashy version of Paco & John’s, an award-winning interior Mexico cafe nearby on Eighth Avenue.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for café
Noun
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That turned into a gig accompanying cabaret singers.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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Single tickets are $30 ($15 students) for readings and $20 for the cabaret performances.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2025
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Lots of restaurants around town serve them, either as a starter or as the main event of a humble, satisfying winter meal, but the refined 37 Alpine Eating and the classic family-run tavern Gasthaus Fink just beside Piazza Walther are especially nice places to enjoy them.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Those in Birmingham can also visit the tavern that inspired the show's criminal hangout.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Keep your card in sight: When using your card in restaurants or stores, try to keep it within view.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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The hotel's restaurant and bar, Regent, brings guests on a sumptuous journey through France with classics like beef tartare, foie gras, steak frites, and cassoulet, as well as some dishes with a twist — the onion soup, for example, is prepared with duck broth.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Culinary spaces will have a bohemian style and will include a gastronomic restaurant, cafe and speakeasy bar and nightclub, as well as a rooftop pool and bar with spectacular views of the city.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Products using names such as Black Horse and Bio Max, packaged as shots or sticks, are then sold illegally in venues such as nightclubs, promising health benefits, said officials.—
Jack Guy,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After dinner, the saloon comes alive with the warmth of a crackling fireplace as does the main lodge, where staff and guests alike dance to country music played by local musicians.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
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Cline noted that the first gunfight in the film, set in front of a saloon, was among the most tricky to get right in terms of color and lighting.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
20 Nov. 2024
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Yu Ting Yuan, the hotel's flagship restaurant, offers diners a contrasting tenor with its dark, brooding interior splashed with gold and blood red, fresh flower sprays of pussywillow, orchids, and amaryllis, and soaring ceilings.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Among the few diners: an octogenarian and her descendants, a stressed-looking woman on a laptop.—
Sheila Yasmin Marikar,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The first friendly match after the club’s acquisition will take place in Medellín, Colombia, against Atlético Nacional, as part of the preseason and the Copa Bendita.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
18 Jan. 2025
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What’s more, Alexander-Arnold is revered as a hometown hero at Liverpool having come through the club’s youth academy.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Geno Auriemma sees championship path after UConn women’s basketball’s vintage dominance vs. Seton Hall Geno Auriemma sees championship path after UConn women's basketball's vintage dominance vs. Seton Hall CT brewery closes a popular shoreline pub and restaurant location.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2025
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To be able to make a film that’s really connected, first and foremost, with the people of Belfast, and particularly in West Belfast, and to be able to walk down the street and people congratulate you and go into pubs and people want to buy you a pint, that’s really nice.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Café.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caf%C3%A9. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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