(dated) A small serving of spirits taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, etc.

A novelty restaurant, originating in and found predominantly in Japan, in which guests are served by waitresses in maid costumes, who treat them as masters/mistresses in a private home rather than as restaurant patrons.

(dated) Alternative form of chasse-café.

plural of café noir

A digestif consumed after the coffee course. / A drink composed of several layers of different-coloured liqueurs.

Especially from the late-19th century through the mid-20th century in Europe and America, a culture characterized by continual socializing in bistros, coffee shops, and nightclubs, sometimes extravagantly frivolous and sometimes intensely intellectual in nature but always high-spirited.

Synonym of champagne socialist.

plural of café revolutionary

plural of café chantant

Alternative form of café-chantant