Except in New York, where a coffee shop can also
be a mid-range restaurant with booths and counter
service, geared towards full meals and sandwiches
served quickly during the work day (especially at
lunchtime), usually owned and staffed by Greeks.
The coffee tends to be hideous. A cafe would be a
step up. Then there's a coffee bar, which is what
Wiki is calling a coffee house, which term I've never heard in NY.
At 12:16 PM 9/20/2009, you wrote:
>In America, a coffee shop is a place you get
>coffee and pastries--whereas a café is a place to eat breakfast and lunch.
>
>That's got to be true because it says so in
>Wikipedia: "A café (pronounced
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English>/ˈkæfeɪ/
>or /kæˈfeɪ/), also spelled cafe, is an
>informal
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant>restaurant
>offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwiches>sandwiches.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9#cite_note-0>[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9#cite_note-1>[2]
>This differs from a
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_house>coffee
> house, which is a limited-menu establishment which focuses on coffee sales. "
>
>David Latané
>
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