A café or cafe is a small restaurant or

coffeehouse A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino, among other hot beverages. Many coffeehouses in West Asia offer ''shisha'' (actually called ''nargi ...

. More specifically, it can mean a small, cheap eatery or diner. This includes establishments also called: :*

Diner A diner is a type of restaurant found across the United States and Canada, as well as parts of Western Europe and Australia. Diners offer a wide range of cuisine, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, a comb ...

, or "coffee shop" (USA) :*

Cafe (British) In Britain, a cafe or café (), also known colloquially as a caff or greasy spoon, is a small eatery typically specialising in fried foods or home-cooked meals. Though it uses the same word origin as the term "café", it is distinct from t ...

, or "transport cafe" (UK) :*

Greasy spoon A greasy spoon is a small, cheap restaurant typically specializing in Short order cooking, short order fare. The term is also used in the UK–along with the informal term "caff" for café–to refer to a small privately-owned eatery that tradi ...

. A cafe is a privately owned convenience store in South Africa. Cafe, café, or CAFE may also refer to:

Acronym

CAFE may refer to: *

CAFE Foundation The CAFE Foundation is a U.S. non-profit aviation development and flight test organization based in Windsor, California. CAFE was an acronym for "Competition in Aircraft Flight Efficiency" and became later "Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency." ...

("Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency"), a U.S. non-profit aviation development and flight test *

Canadian Association for Free Expression The Canadian Association for Free Expression (CAFE) is one of a number of groups run by neo-Nazi and white supremacist Paul Fromm. Established in 1981, CAFE states that it is committed to the promotion and defense of total freedom of speech, and ...

Canadian Association for Equality The Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE) is a Canadian non-profit organization. CAFE has frequently been characterized as a men's rights group by sources, though the organization denies this. In March 2014 the Canadian Association for Equal ...

* * Corporate Average Fuel Economy, a U.S. standard for minimum fuel efficiency in vehicles

Art, entertainment, and media

Television

* ''The Cafe'' (2004 talk show), a 2004–2010 Irish talk show that aired on RTÉ Two * ''The Café'' (2011 talk show), a 2011 Al Jazeera English talk show * ''The Café'' (New Zealand TV program), a 2016 New Zealand morning television program that airs on Three * ''The Café'' (British TV series), a 2011–2013 British television comedy series about a fictional cafe in the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom that aired on Sky1 * "The Cafe" (''Seinfeld''), an episode of the American TV show * "Café" (''Bluey''), an episode of the Australian TV show

Other art, entertainment, and media

* ''Café'' (2010 film), an American film *

Café (2014 film) ''Café'', also known as ''Coffee'', is a Mexican documentary directed by Hatuey Viveros Lavielle which won the Sesterce d’or for Best Documentary at the Visions du Réel Film Festival in Switzerland. The film is spoken in Nahuatl. Plot ''Ca ...

, a Mexican documentary * Project Cafe, the unconfirmed codename of Nintendo's eighth generation console,

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* ''Café: A Collection of Literary Sketches'', a book by Japanese author

Novala Takemoto is the professional name of , a Japanese author, and fashion designer. Biography Takemoto was born in Uji, south of Kyoto. As a child, he was shy and preferred drawing and reading (two of his favorite authors were Osamu Dazai and Yasunari K ...

* ''Café'' (magazine), a men's fashion magazine in Sweden

Other uses

* ''Cafe'' (plant genus), a former genus in the family Rubiaceae; a synonym for ''Coffea'' *

@Cafe @Cafe, one of New York City's first dedicated internet cafes, was incorporated in early 1995 by Glenn McGinnis, Nicolas Barnes and Chris Townsend and opened its doors on Tuesday, April 25, 1995 with the slogan “Eat, Drink, ‘Net.” Founded at 1 ...

, a former New York City based Internet café *

CAFE (media company) Vox Media, Inc. is an American mass media company founded in Washington, D.C. with operational headquarters in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in November 2011 by CEO Jim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett to encompass ''SB ...

, a media company *

Café (musician) Café is the stage name of Edson Aparecido da Silva, sometimes credited as Edson da Silva or Café da Silva, a percussionist, singer, composer, and music producer born in Villa Maria, São Paulo, Brazil. He moved to the U.S. in 1985. He has re ...

, a Brazilian percussionist, singer, and composer, real name Edson Aparecido da Silva * Café, a brand of home appliances from

GE Appliances GE Appliances is an American home appliance manufacturer based in Louisville, Kentucky. It operates as an independent subsidiary of Chinese Haier Smart Home Company, a publicly traded affiliate of Haier, after an acquisition from General Electr ...

Acronym

Art, entertainment, and media

Television

Other art, entertainment, and media

Other uses

See also