milk bar; small shop selling milk, sweets, and light meals (Meiji–Showa)
Historical term for a type of casual eatery common from the Meiji through early Showa periods. Served milk, simple Western-style snacks, and light meals. Now obsolete as a business type.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from milk hall
In the Meiji period, milk bars were hangouts for students.
This old photo shows a milk bar that was in Ginza.