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Post by workingclassdog on Aug 30, 2021 13:27:03 GMT
Basically a Starbucks. A place with seating to relax.. a counter to order drinks.
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Post by workingclassdog on Aug 30, 2021 13:30:08 GMT
(*whispers*) A place to avoid, so to evade whiffs of the brew (*ducks to avoid thrown cups*)   Sometimes I feel like a lone wolf on an island. The smell of coffee  . |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2021 15:12:40 GMT
To me, a coffee shop is a place with the focus on coffee beverages along with tea and specialty drinks. Food is an afterthought or there's baked goods and desserts.
My favorite place had partnered up with a bakery that provided all of their ready to eat sandwiches, quiches, baked goods and desserts. The owner closed the place and retired about 5 years ago.
There's a new place that's doing something very similar but working with more than one food provider. They have a baker that makes their breakfast food. They work with a company that specializes in chocolate and berries for desserts and a deli for lunches.
There was a coffee shop in Houghton that served only coffee and teas. Nothing else. Last time we went there, they added some baked goods but only GF, vegan, or organic options. I'm not sure how they've handled the pandemic.
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Post by oh yvonne on Aug 30, 2021 15:40:47 GMT
I envision the shop where the characters on Seinfield used to hang out. This. I think of Googie places like Shipps, Mel's and Norms as 'coffee shops". Where you can order pancakes bacon and eggs at 11:00 pm. I don't think of coffee bars like Starbucks and local coffee houses as "coffee shops".  |
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Post by koontz on Aug 30, 2021 16:27:11 GMT
Dutch too…coffee shop is not primarily for drinks or food. Perhaps edibles though  |
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Post by pilcas on Aug 30, 2021 16:31:22 GMT
Nowadays to me a coffee shop is a Starbucks like place. Coffee, pastries,. I do remember the coffee shops you described. Certainly have gone to a few of those. And the coffee shop at Woolworths just came to my mind. Memeories!
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Post by oh yvonne on Aug 30, 2021 16:49:00 GMT
Nowadays to me a coffee shop is a Starbucks like place. Coffee, pastries,. I do remember the coffee shops you described. Certainly have gone to a few of those. And the coffee shop at Woolworths just came to my mind. Memeories! this! Some of my fondest childhood memories are going to coffee shop counters with my grandparents. Ours was Thriftys Drug Store on Whittier Blvd. in East LA. The waitresses wore their name badge pinned to a pretty folded hanky and they had names like Gladys and Lucille. my grandma didn't know how to cook "American food" like mashed potatoes and gravy and they loved that stuff so we ate out a lot at coffee shops. Clifton's Cafeteria in downtown LA, and delis like Canters in the Fairfax district, oh how they loved going there. Gosh I miss that. |
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Post by TXMary on Aug 30, 2021 17:16:39 GMT
This is probably a generational question, maybe regional. When you hear "coffee shop" what do you think of? When I was growing up, coffee shops were basically diners. They served sit-down meals, usually comfort foods. And of course coffee and often pies. A much younger friend saw a "coffee shop" and thinking they were just going to order drinks to go, were surprised to find it was a full-service restaurant. ETA - Here is a link to one of the more famous ones in Los Angeles. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnie%27s_Coffee_Shop#/media/File:Johnie_coffee_shop.jpgI don't know if it's generational or more "small town" but coffee shops to me are exactly what you describe and there are several that I know of still in business around here. You wouldn't get a fancy coffee there. Just a cup of regular coffee and a meal. And pie. My very west Texas FIL went to the "coffee shop" every morning all of his life to visit and chat with his buddies over a cup of coffee before the day started. It's a place you run into everyone in town and you know everyone in there. This is one near me. Not in my town but not that far away. I have eaten there. lol www.facebook.com/TheCoffeeShopCafe/I don't think of Starbucks as a coffee shop. |
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Post by papersilly on Aug 30, 2021 18:07:30 GMT
when i hear coffee shop, i think of simple, cafeteria food. the atmosphere will be super casual and the prices will be a bit lower than national chains or trendy restaurants.
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Post by katlady on Aug 31, 2021 2:24:32 GMT
Clifton's Cafeteria in downtown LA When I worked downtown, we would go there on occasion. The building itself was very unique. When we go visit an uncle up in the LA area, he likes to eat at Norms, so we take him there. When I lived up there, we used to go to the coffee shops for a late night meal after a movie, concert, game, etc. Most of them were either open until 1 or 2 AM or open 24 hours. |
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Post by katlady on Aug 31, 2021 2:25:14 GMT
Just a cup of regular coffee and a meal. And pie. LOL! Coffee shops always had pie! |
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Post by TXMary on Aug 31, 2021 3:52:25 GMT
Just a cup of regular coffee and a meal. And pie. LOL! Coffee shops always had pie! Always! |
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Aug 31, 2021 6:50:57 GMT
Coffee shop is a like Starbucks. Maybe a slightly wider range of food like sandwiches, but would not have a fryer, and their main focus is coffee and tea.
A diner is food-focused (diner food, not gourmet food) that happens to serve coffee, probably Folgers, and they expect you to drink it black or with those little cups of creamer that don’t require refrigeration 😀
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Post by cade387 on Aug 31, 2021 9:29:47 GMT
To me it was always a Starbucks like establishment. We don’t have diners here, we have Coneys/Koneys and I would never call a Coney Island a coffee shop.
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Post by sueg on Aug 31, 2021 9:34:37 GMT
To me - not an American - a coffee shop is a Starbucks, Costa, Coffee Fellows etc, you get the drift. They sell coffee based beverages, sometimes tea and cold drinks, and their food offerings are generally ready to go - pastries, cakes, sandwiches - which you may be able to get heated. I would tend to use café though, when describing many of those places
Interestingly, I am currently using Duolingo to keep up my German over the summer break here, and it uses 'coffee shop' as the English translation for 'café' in German. I was actually marked wrong once for using 'café' in an English sentence, though they have fixed that now.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Aug 31, 2021 11:51:00 GMT
when i think coffee shop, i think of Central Perk from Friends  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 31, 2021 14:05:25 GMT
(*whispers*) A place to avoid, so to evade whiffs of the brew (*ducks to avoid thrown cups*)   Sometimes I feel like a lone wolf on an island. The smell of coffee  . I’ll sit on that bench with both of you!  I too hate the smell of coffee and find it truly nauseating, especially first thing in the morning. But to answer the question, I would consider a coffee shop to be a place where the main item being sold is some variation of coffee or espresso. Maybe also a selection of teas, maybe some smoothies for kids or those people who aren’t coffee drinkers but get dragged along. Pastries, sandwiches or other light food items might also be offered but it would all be counter service. I think a place such as described in the OP with waitresses, comfort food meals, a grill, brewed coffee and pie is a diner. Like Mel’s Diner in the tv show Alice. |
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this! Some of my fondest childhood memories are going to coffee shop counters with my grandparents. Ours was Thriftys Drug Store on Whittier Blvd. in East LA. The waitresses wore their name badge pinned to a pretty folded hanky and they had names like Gladys and Lucille. 
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I too hate the smell of coffee and find it truly nauseating, especially first thing in the morning.