coffee shop

a small, usually inexpensive, restaurant where refreshments and light meals are served.

Origin of coffee shop

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

In other enclaves, though, disagreements over the constitution took on the civil tone of coffee-shop discussions.

Egypt’s Tense Constitutional Referendum |Mike Giglio, Vivian Salama |December 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Despite the coffee-shop certainty that surrounds such things, Senator Paul was not named after Ayn Rand.

Ron Paul's Nostalgic Appeal Shakes Up the 2012 Primaries |Rich Galen |December 17, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Well, he went down a street where half the houses were shops and half not, and at the corner of the street was a coffee-shop.

Great Porter Square, v. 3 |Benjamin Leopold Farjeon
On this side the river there is nothing but a custom-house, a coffee-shop, and a cottage or two.

Through the Land of the Serb |Mary Edith Durham

We should be sure to find his Honour in the coffee-shop across the road.

Oriental Encounters |Marmaduke Pickthall
Close to the Police Office, jovial mariners at the sailors' coffee-shop are roaring hymns.

From Sea to Sea |Rudyard Kipling
The nondescript replied in encouraging terms, and brought him to a coffee-shop in the street within a stone's throw.

Little Dorrit |Charles Dickens

coffee shop

a shop where coffee is sold or drunk