The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne
(noun) United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.