Subic Bay Tourism Bureau

A Cafe or Coffee Shop is an informal restaurant offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches. This differs from a coffee house, which is a limited-menu establishment which focuses on coffee sales. Depending on the jurisdiction, a café may be licensed to serve alcohol. The term can also refer to bistro or a restaurant facility within a hotel. In many countries, however, the term "café" denotes roughly what "coffee house" denotes in English speaking countries. In American cafés the serving of coffee is incidental to the serving of food, and they may or may not serve alcoholic beverages.