page_title: Coffeehouse
section_title: Europe
hierarchical_section_title: Coffeehouse / History / Europe
caption_attribution_description: English: "Discussing the War in a Paris Café" - a scene from the brief interim between the Battle of Sedan and Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War Français&#160;: "Discussions sur la guerre dans un café parisien" - Guerre franco-allemande de 1870, après le désastre de Sedan et avant le siège de Paris. Tiếng Việt: “Thảo luận về chiến tranh trong một quán cà phê Paris”. Một minh họa cho thời kỳ chiến tranh Pháp-Phổ, khoảng thời gian sau trận Sedan và trước khi Paris bị vây hãm.
context_page_description: A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks such as iced coffee and iced tea; in continental Europe, cafés serve alcoholic drinks. A coffeehouse may also serve food such as light snacks, sandwiches, muffins or pastries. Coffeehouses range from owner-operated small businesses to large multinational corporations. Some coffeehouse chains operate on a franchise business model, with numerous branches across various countries around the world.
  While café may refer to a coffeehouse, the term "café" generally refers to a diner, British café, "greasy spoon", transport café, teahouse or tea room, or other casual eating and drinking place. A coffeehouse may share some of the same characteristics of a bar or restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. Many coffeehouses in the Middle East and in West Asian immigrant districts in the Western world offer shisha, flavored tobacco smoked through a hookah. An espresso bar is a type of coffeehouse that specializes in serving espresso and espresso-based drinks.
context_section_description: In the 17th century, coffee appeared for the first time in Europe outside the Ottoman Empire, and coffeehouses were established, soon becoming increasingly popular. The first coffeehouses appeared in Venice between 1629 and 1645 due to the traffic between the Republic of Venice and the Ottomans. In the 19th and 20th centuries in Europe, coffeehouses were very often meeting points for writers and artists.
caption: "Discussing the War in a Paris Café", The Illustrated London News 17 September 1870
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