Coffee+Houses+of+1700s

A coffeehouse or coffee shop is a place where they serve primarily, prepared coffee or other hot beverages. It shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of your local restaurant, As the name tells, coffeehouses focus on providing coffee and tea as well as little snacks. From a cultural standpoint, coffeehouses largely serve as centers of social interaction the coffeehouse provides a place to congregate, talk, write, read, entertain one another, or pass the time, whether individually or in small groups of 2 or 3. In the United States, the French word for coffeehouse is café, means an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals.