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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/8/2019 4:37 PM, Rory McCann
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:79bab481-f953-8ad1-d562-a5358fad032f@technomancy.org">What's
the best way to tag an Irish pub? Not just a pub in Ireland, but
<br>
a specifically themed "Irish Pub" (which are usually outside
Ireland)?
<br>
<br>
There's ~300 instances of `cuisine=irish`, which would make total
sense
<br>
for places which (also) serve food. Traditionally pubs in Ireland
would
<br>
rarely serve food. Calling Tayto's “cuisine” is a stretch, and
using the
<br>
`cuisine` tag seems weird for a bar/pub that doesn't serve any
food.
<br>
<br>
I've used `theme=irish` once or twice. But I don't think anyone
else
<br>
does, and it's not supported. This might be related to mapping
“sports
<br>
bars” or other themed bars. In theory the `theme` of a
restaurant/bar
<br>
could be different from the `cuisine` of any food/drink it serves,
so it
<br>
might make sense to tag this difference.
<br>
<br>
Thoughts?
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<p>Hi Rory -- I've mapped plenty of "Irish" pubs, mainly in NYC.
It's never occurred to me that they need to be tagged as Irish --
but now I find myself wondering "How many Irish pubs have I
mapped?" and because there's no tag for it, I have no way to query
for it!<br>
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<p>I generally use `cuisine=pub` if they serve typical pub fare,
which most here do. I don't tend to see much difference between
the food served at a nominally Irish pub and a nominally English
pub. For a place that only serves packaged food like crisps, I'd
usually tag `cuisine=snack`.</p>
<p>I think the idea of `theme=irish` makes some sense, and in fact
there are many other themed amenities that could be tagged with a
`theme=*` key. It's uncommon now, but if it becomes popular it
might be picked up by software. Until then, of course, it will
only be noticed by users who write queries or manually inspect the
tags.<br>
</p>
<p>In the mean time you can try something simple like
`description=Irish pub` or even `description=Irish pub with
Guinness, <span class="listItem__title">Smithwick's,</span> and
Tayto's`.</p>
<p>Happy mapping, Jason<br>
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