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Article: Clamp on coffee shops abusing ban.
Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain);  July 30, 2008 ;     421 words ......aqeel ACTION will be taken against 108 coffee shops across Bahrain for alleged breaches...action to be taken against the violating coffee shops, including the immediate closure of...restaurants. The violations of the other 103 coffee shops range from unlicensed building additions...

Article: New Ramadan lifeline for coffee shops.
Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain);  August 18, 2008 ;     579 words ...Byline: MOHAMMED AQEEL SEVEN coffee shops operating illegally on the Al Fateh...time - by municipality officials. The coffee shops are currently operating under expired...regulations related to sheesha, to ensure the coffee shops get their licences renewed. The municipality...

Article: Buying Coffee Shops Would Give Marriott a Slice of History
The Washington Post;  June 1, 1987 ;     595 words ......restaurant industry observers refer to coffee shops as the "meat and potatoes" of the business. Now coffee shops are feeling competitive heat like never...sales at the nation's estimated 85,000 coffee shops exceeded $28 billion last year, the...

Article: Coffee shops, not consumption, on the rise; projected growth in drive-thrus.
The Food Institute Report;  March 28, 2005 ;     286 words ...The number of coffee shops in the U.S., as of September, was...independents. The U.S. has about 17,000 coffee shops, up more than 40% since 1999. Although there is a great proliferation of coffee shops, consumption is not increasing. Instead...

Article: Sea front coffee shops face Sheesha ban.
TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain);  June 16, 2008 ;     584 words ......Manama (Image: sheesha.gif ) Seafront coffee shops on a popular Manama coastline will be...by the Manama Municipality to seven coffee shops located on the Al Fateh Corniche to...was impossible to achieve. Most of the coffee shops are currently without contracts after...

Article: Amsterdam coffee shops say tobacco ban is blow to business
The Independent - London;  June 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The Netherlands' famous coffee shops, where marijuana is available...the tobacco ban comes in, the coffee shops will not be exempt. This will...to make an exception of them. "Coffee shops will be treated in the same manner...

Article: Coffee shops are shelters of solace in winter
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  February 14, 2007 ;     536 words ......winter days, I find myself stopping at coffee shops around town. So many new shops have...coffee by the pot. But obviously these coffee shops are not just about the coffee. If that...where you have to eat, drink and run, coffee shops encourage you to linger and relax. In...

Article: TV shows filter coffee shops into the high street
The Scotsman;  February 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ...COFFEE shops are sweeping the country as the cafe...the United States, where the number of coffee shops has expanded dramatically in recent...played an important role in boosting coffee shops' popularity. A Mintel spokesman said...

Article: Coffee shops struggling for survival by offering own blends.
Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan);  August 26, 2005 ;     538 words ......TOKYO -- With continuing decreases in coffee shops under private management and sharp increases...in self-service chain shops, private coffee shops in Tokyo and Osaka are struggling for...and Communications, there were 150,000 coffee shops across the country in the first half...

Article: Number of Dutch marijuana 'coffee shops' continued decline in 2002
AP Worldstream;  October 21, 2003 ;     245 words ......AMSTERDAM, Netherlands The number of Dutch "coffee shops," where marijuana and hashish are sold...marijuana joint. The total number of coffee shops in the country has dropped by 34 percent...cities and have the right to shut down coffee shops if they become a public nuisance. Over...

Article: A Cloud Over Amsterdam's Coffee Shops; Dutch Ban on Public Smoking Also Threatens Tradition of Social Marijuana Use
The Washington Post;  June 22, 2003 ;     530 words ......ban on smoking in public places, Dutch coffee shops would be allowed to continue selling...annually. So the businesses -- as well as coffee shops that sell marijuana -- have been granted...what the Dutch call soft drugs, many coffee shops also offer patrons comfortable couches...

Article: EU drugs clampdown could spell trouble for Dutch marijuana 'coffee shops'
AP Worldstream;  November 19, 2004 ;     410 words ......said Friday access to popular Dutch 'coffee shops' to smoke marijuana could be cut for...project in Maastricht where entry into coffee shops would be restricted to those with special...in an effort to reduce the number of coffee shops where marijuana is sold and to ban sales...

Article: 10 coffee shops facing closure.
Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain);  July 3, 2008 ;     496 words ...Byline: BASMA MOHAMMED TEN coffee shops in Manama could now face closure after...have been issued since that date. These coffee shops didn't respond to our order to stop...July 1 so we have closed down their coffee shops, Mr Al Kooheji said. Now we have issued...

Article: CAFFEINE CRAZE AREA HAS LOTS OF GREAT COFFEE SHOPS
Evansville Courier & Press;  November 14, 2003 ;     467 words ......Shaina has introduced me to several local coffee shops, including the Wadi Cafe on Pearl Drive...being a veritable caffeine mecca, these coffee shops are also addictive because of their...mural that adorns the Wadi Cafe, these coffee shops provide a haven for burgeoning poets...