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A cafe is a type of restaurant which usually serves coffee and snacks. The term "cafe" comes from French, and means "coffee".

You can read newspapers and magazines there, or chat with other customers about current topics. It is known as a place where information can be exchanged.

A cafe is sometimes called a coffeehouse or a coffee shop in English, a café in French, Spanish, and Portuguese and a caffè in Italian. It shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria, which is a type of restaurant where customers can choose from many dishes on a serving line. In some countries, cafes more closely resemble restaurants, offering a range of hot meals, and possibly being licensed to serve alcohol. British cafes however, do not sell alcohol.

A new type of cafe, known as the Internet cafe, was introduced in the 1990s. The spread of modern-style cafes to many places, urban and rural, went hand in hand with computers. Computers and Internet access in a contemporary atmosphere created a youthful, modern public space, compared to the traditional bars, or old-fashioned diners that they replaced. Nowadays, many cafes offer wireless Internet or have computers customers can use, just as they offer telephones and newspapers.


Images for kids

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    Coffeehouse in London, 17th century

  • Amedeo Preziosi - Istanbul cafe

    A café in Istanbul, 19th century

  • Estatua Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Cafe Novelty Salamanca

    The statue of the writer Gonzalo Torrente Ballester in Café Novelty (Salamanca-Spain), founded in 1905.

  • Kafeneion Ithaki

    Coffeehouse in Greece

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    Interior of an espresso bar from Baliuag, Bulacan, Philippines

  • Café de Flore

    Café de Flore, Paris.

  • ParisCafeDiscussion

    "Discussing the War in a Paris Café", The Illustrated London News 17 September 1870

  • Meddah story teller

    Storyteller (meddah) at a coffeehouse in the Ottoman Empire

  • Pastries sold at a coffee shop

    Coffeehouses often sell pastries or other food items

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    Coffeehouse in Damascus

  • Coffeeoverdose

    A coffee shop in Angeles City, Philippines

  • Café Mélange, Wien

    Café Mélange, Vienna

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    Coffee shop in Calicut

  • Porto Cafe Majestic

    1921 Café Majestic, Porto


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