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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
Shop for more gifts, including handmade crafts and treats, at the Congregation cafe's small-business market, which features live music.
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Annalise Frank, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Customers wait in line at a Starbucks cafe in a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Nov. 11, 2024.
—Amelia Lucas,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2024
The sign also informed them that they would be filmed and featured on the cafe’s social media.
—Erika Tulfo, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
What’s become their most popular coffee drink at the cafe so far?
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
Located in Corktown on the corner of Bagley and Trumbull, Folk is known as a breakfast and brunch cafe.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2024
Ryzhkov/Getty Catherine’s Cafe Catherine’s Cafe is from the same group behind Sheer Rocks, and the beachfront French cafe is tucked into the southern part of Pigeon Point Beach.
—Mariette Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
On Ukraine’s frosty battlefields, in bustling urban cafes in Europe and Asia, on Middle Eastern street corners, there were gasps and widened eyes as the news flashed on televisions and smartphone screens.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
The second restaurant for the Honduran cafe will have an oyster bar, tortilla bar, cocktail bar and specialty coffee bar, a press release says.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Annalise Frank, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Customers wait in line at a Starbucks cafe in a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Nov. 11, 2024.
—Amelia Lucas,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2024
The sign also informed them that they would be filmed and featured on the cafe’s social media.
—Erika Tulfo, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
What’s become their most popular coffee drink at the cafe so far?
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
Located in Corktown on the corner of Bagley and Trumbull, Folk is known as a breakfast and brunch cafe.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2024
Ryzhkov/Getty Catherine’s Cafe Catherine’s Cafe is from the same group behind Sheer Rocks, and the beachfront French cafe is tucked into the southern part of Pigeon Point Beach.
—Mariette Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
On Ukraine’s frosty battlefields, in bustling urban cafes in Europe and Asia, on Middle Eastern street corners, there were gasps and widened eyes as the news flashed on televisions and smartphone screens.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
The second restaurant for the Honduran cafe will have an oyster bar, tortilla bar, cocktail bar and specialty coffee bar, a press release says.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for café
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Every Moment from Glamour’s 2024 Women of the Year Red Carpet Is cabaret still a big part of your life?Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
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Because the only thing Liza loves more than a cabaret is kicking some ass.Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Tickets can be purchased at any Montana Lottery retailer (i.e. convenience stores, bars/taverns, grocery stores, and casinos), the lottery said.Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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McEntire is an executive producer and plays the lead role, a woman named Bobbie who inherits her father's tavern.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
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In 2016, the restaurant chain offered sunscreen with a fried chicken scent.Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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From Corpus Christi:How many nationalities, ethnicities are represented in Corpus Christi's restaurant scene?Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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In 2013, bartenders, drink runners and bouncers were arrested in the resort’s nightclubs and pool parties for offering drugs and prostitutes to undercover police officers posed as partygoers (one staffer attempted to sell a cop a full pound of cocaine).Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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The city boasts three times more bars and nightclubs than Hong Kong does, but admittedly, the cost is much higher.Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Rumblings of the trend were first felt last spring when labels like Prada, Carven, Altuzarra, and even Staud took suede out of the saloon and brought it onto their fall runways.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
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While testing out new menus and chefs along itineraries may prove the norm, a capable, modern galley is located along the starboard side of the saloon should consensus dictate dining on board.Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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And so do today’s diners at Li Ciusoni, which is set up like a rustic country house during a party.Ann Abel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The dish’s hearty potatoes and rich cream draw eager diners to the restaurant during New England’s coldest months.Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Phoenix also hosted a beloved Tuesday night film club (during which O’Sullivan introduced and led a short post-screening discussion).Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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The festival brings a four-day lineup to Austin clubs and theaters from April 16-19.Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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There's also a small pub in the east village called Scratcher.Shivani Vora, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Before then, the neighborhood was primarily a red-light district with a handful of pubs and hostels catering to backpackers.Maryam Jillani, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Café.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caf%C3%A9. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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