Definition of "coffee shop" []

• A small restaurant in which coffee and light meals are served. (noun)

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• "A woman named Valerie Marchant, who runs a coffee shop in the building."
• "Danny graduated last year and is now the front man for a rock band called Suck This that plays the coffee shop circuit around Northern Minnesota."
• "A routine stopover at a nearby coffee shop for a doughnut and fruit juice may be the perfect after-blood-test treat."