What does "tapcaff" mean?

I cheked two dictionaries and still can't find it, I seen it twice in Balance Point, an NJO book. What does that word mean?

 

I take it to mean a small drinking establishment like a bar or a pub, possibly with an outdoor seating area like a cafe.

 

Oh, okay thankyou.

 

Tapcaf . . . cafe. A term first seen in HTTE, popularly continued in Bantam books.

 

I think its a combination of a tapas bar and a cafe.

 

It was originally "tapcafe" cf. The Last Command and various West End books, but seems to have lost the "e" since. Similarly, coffee is referred to as caf in Star Wars.

 

Think Starbucks. That's sort of how I imagine it.

 

It's stupid how it's called "caff." Just call it coffee, dammit!

 

I thought it was a bar actually

 

Wouldnt that be Cantina?

 

I assume that "tap" is the alcohol and "caf" is the coffee.

 

Isn't coffee called "cafe" in many European countries? So it's not like caf is anything strange.

Better that than Hambly's "coffeine". That was truly lame.

 

Can anyone name all the coffee analogs?

-caf
-cafe
-stim-caf
-coffine
-vine coffee

 

Knowing Zahn's unadultered nerdiness (hot chocolate.........) it always struck me as a bar like in Temple of Doom, where chicks tap dance and you can eat lunch.

 

What does "tapcaff" mean?

Think Starbucks.

 

The old male or new female version?

(If anyone got that joke, I salute u)

 

I got it, Ex.

 

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i always assumed that a tapcafe was more a bar and grill than a coffee shop. a cantina generally is a bit larger, and specializes in drinks, and usually music but perhaps has no real kitchen, while a tapcaf was more a dining/drinking establishment -- like a pub.

oddly i never associated tapcafes with caff/coffee...

just my views..

 

Yeah...I never quite associated tapcafe with "caf" either. I always sort of imagined a tapcafe as a casual dining establishment (think Applebee's or Chili's).

 

i thought perhaps a little seedier than a chain bar and grill.. i can't quite see Han wanting to meet old smuggling buddies at Applebee's. hey Badure, did you try these awesome onion things?

 

As stated by the fictional Dan Wallace:

"Badure? Badure!?! We don't need no stinkin' Badure!"

 

I never really thought about it until recently, when I thought "tap," "beer on tap" -- hey, it's probably more publike and less cafelike than I thought!

 

Her original ideas were "krafk focaine," "herfoine," and "marijaplana."

 

Well, stang. I knew I should have copyrighted that expression! (See up higher in the thread.)