cafe

restaurant, cafe, cafeteria

这些名词均有“饭店、餐馆”之意。
restaurant: 最常用词，指有各种规格、营业时间固定、供应不同风味菜肴和饮料的食店或大餐厅。
cafe: 源于法语，指可供茶、咖啡等饮料和小食品的饮食店。
cafeteria: 指顾客自取食品到餐桌就餐的餐馆。

名词 cafe:

1. a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
   同义词：coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar

1. This cafe is a rendezvous for writers and artists.
   这家小餐馆是作家和艺术家经常聚会的地方。
2. The police came and ejected the noisy youths from the cafe room.
   ＂警察来了，把那些吵吵嚷嚷的青年人从咖啡馆里撵了出去。＂
3. We had our lunch in a cafe and hurried back to the car.
   我们在一家小餐馆里吃了午饭，就又匆匆回到车上。