A café or coffee shop that we think of at home is called a “bar” in Italy. Most are no-name, family-run establishments with just a “BAR” sign out front. Most bars require that you pay first, then go to the counter to order.

A café is sometimes called a coffeehouse or a coffee shop or tea shop in English, a café in French and a bar in Italian (cafe, a misspelling due to the difficulty of typing the accented "é", and café are the common spellings used in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese et al.