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coffeehouse

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


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To prove they’re “amazing musicians,” Woody and Matthew disguise themselves to play a coffeehouse gig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The beginning of my professional trajectory was spent in Paris, and there is such a coffeehouse culture in Paris, no?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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

When he’d stormed out, everyone at the coffeehouse had stared at Mister Hertzoon’s red, embarrassed face.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 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

“Our coffeehouses are centers of the community, and closing any location is difficult,” Niccol said in the message to employees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025

Those were the words whispered on the streets of Ketterdam, in the taverns and coffeehouses, in the dark and bleeding alleys of the pleasure district known as the Barrel.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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