What is "cafe society"

n. (alternative form of café society English)

alt. Especially from the late-19th century through the mid-20th century in Europe and America, a culture characterized by continual socialize in bistros, coffee shops, and nightclubs, sometimes extravagantly frivolous and sometimes intensely intellectual in nature but always high-spirited. n. Especially from the late-19th century through the mid-20th century in Europe and America, a culture characterized by continual socialize in bistros, coffee shops, and nightclubs, sometimes extravagantly frivolous and sometimes intensely intellectual in nature but always high-spirited.

Café society was the description of the "Beautiful People" and "Bright Young Things" who gathered in fashionable cafes and restaurants in New York, Paris, and London beginning in the late 19th century. Maury Henry Biddle Paul is credited with coining the phrase "cafe society" in 1915. Lucius Beebe created the term "chromium mist" for the cafe society lifestyle he chronicled in his weekly column, "This New York", for the New York Herald Tribune during the 1920s and 1930s.

They attended each other's private dinners and balls, and took holidays in exotic locations or at elegant resorts.

In the United States, café society came to the fore with the end of Prohibition in December 1933 and the rise of photo journalism, to describe the set of people who tended to do their entertaining semi-publicly, in restaurants and night clubs and who would include among them movie stars and sports celebrities. Some of the American night clubs and New York City restaurants frequented by the denizens of café society included El Morocco, the Stork Club, and the 21 Club. A complete history of New York café society was published by McFarland Publishing in 2015. The book is illustrated with photographs by Jerome Zerbe.

In the late 1950s the term " Jet Set" began to take the place of "café society", but "café society" may still be used informally in some countries to describe people who habitually visit coffeehouses and give their parties in restaurants rather than at home.

Café Society was a New York City nightclub opened by Barney Josephson in 1938, at Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village.

Café Society was a South African group from the 1980s best known for their two cover songs " Somebody to Love" and " Woodpeckers From Space".

Cafe Society is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray and Shirley Ross. A wealthy young woman marries a reporter to win a bet.

Café Society is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film stars Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll and Ken Stott.

The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2016 and was theatrically released in the United States on July 15, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate. It received generally positive reviews and has grossed over $18 million.

Café Society were a British band who were active in the mid-1970s. Based on the trio of Tom Robinson, Hereward Kaye and Raphael "Ray" Doyle, they recorded one self-titled album on the Konk record label, produced by Ray Davies of the Kinks.

Café Society was a New York City nightclub.

Café Society may refer to:

• Café society, a fashionable lifestyle
• Café Society (British band)
• Café Society (South African band)
• Cafe Society (1939 film)
• Cafe Society (1995 film)
• Café Society (film), a 2016 film by Woody Allen

Cafe Society is a 1995 American mystery film directed and written by Raymond De Felitta and starring Frank Whaley, Peter Gallagher, Lara Flynn Boyle and John Spencer.