Cafe Women

Cafe woman was a popular phrase used in the 1940's thru the 1980's for a loose woman in the African American community that frequented clubs and cafe's that played blues music from a juke box. She was a woman that hung out in such establishments usually drunk or drinking. She was normally scantily dressed, with a top on that was too small for her breast. They are very loud when they talked, ill manners and would carry assorted weapons like a knife, small pistol or a straight razor in their bra or purse. They normally come to the club alone of with another cafe woman.