noun
also ca·fe (ˈ)ka|fā, kəˈfā
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French café, from Turkish kahve — more at coffee
1.
a. : a room for coffee and light refreshments : coffeehouse
they went into the café for a cup or two of something hot — Richard Llewellyn
b. : coffee
2.
a. : restaurant
enjoy your dinner in a hotel dining room or café — Helen E. Stiles
the dining room was not yet open, but he knew that there were several all-night cafés near the station — Hamilton Basso
glass windows of a … café full of sugary cakes — Barbara Beecher
b. : an open-air eating place often partly on the sidewalk
sat at the table in front of the big café — R.H.Newman
a café with tables in the street … surrounded by a shallow fence of dark-green creeper — William Sansom
3. : barroom , saloon
speakeasies, some of which have survived as legitimate saloons, nightclubs, or cafés — D.W.Maurer
4. : cabaret , nightclub