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Restaurant, Coffee Shoppe, Coffee Shop or Cafe?

Asked by LornaLove (10037points) September 20th, 2016

I’d love to hear the difference between the UK and the USA regards the following:

by the way I’ve also added in South Africa too, feel free to add another country if you wish.

A coffee shop here serves packet sandwiches and teas and coffees. No cooked food. Meaning not cooked on the premises and not anything other than a sandwich or packaged cake.

A Restaurant here is a little more fancy dining, which means cooked food of various types. Like Italian for e.g.

A Cafe, sells tea and coffee with a few simple cooked meals, like soup and hot food nothing too fancy.

I’m not sure what the difference is between shoppe and shop?

In South Africa, a coffee shop/shoppe sells all foods, the menu has both simple and more complex dishes which compare to ‘fancy’ here.

A restaurant in South Africa can be very fancy or not, but all serving a huge menu of cooked foods. With variety such as seafood, meat dishes, curry and toasted sandwiches.

A cafe in South Africa means a small shop selling cigarettes, milk and bread!

Could you share the meaning of the same words in your country?

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