Roasteria

[Marc Velasco]

Could be from the Spanish too (which probably has similar construction
rules).

shoe : shoestore

zapato : zapateria

maybe they sell 'roast' ?

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

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> "We bring people together for conversation and coffee and food," said
> McConnell, whose cafe empire includes a roasteria on Capitol Hill,
> four coffee shops in Seattle and one in Olympia.
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> by Melissa Allison and Amy Martinez
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2008045842_retailreport11.html
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> McConnell is part owner of Caffé Vita Coffee Roasting. Later in the
> article is a bit about Espresso Vivace Roasteria, which is probably
> where they got the word from. Ava Roastaria uses the word as well,
> probably from roaster + -ia as Italian does not seem to use this word.
> BB
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