[Tagging] Fast food vs. restaurant vs. cafe

[Alan Mintz]

At 2010-05-04 05:42, Katie Filbert wrote:
>Some of the inconsistencies I found in the Washington DC area were with my 
>own edits :()   In my earlier edits, I regarded places like Chipotle and 
>even Subway as restaurants.  Although healthier, I now definitely regard 
>Subway as fast food and in more recent edits tagged it that way.

Subway claims healthy, but the reality is that what most people eat there 
is high-sodium, high-carb, and incomplete nutritionally, even if they think 
they are ordering "healthy". McD's salads can be every bit as "healthy" as 
something you get at Subway. In fact, it's hard to find a place where you 
can't eat "healthy" if you want to. This is why I don't try to use this 
criterion in deciding whether to tag fast_food or restaurant.

I generally regard fast_food as a place where you have to walk up to a 
counter and order your food. Even if they do bring it out to your table 
when ready, they will not generally come back to refill your drinks or 
bring additional courses. Tips are not expected.


>Although from the discussion, it seems like either amenity=restaurant or 
>amenity=fast_food and mixed tags would be okay in general, I still would 
>like some guidance or suggestions on what to do for tagging Chipotle, as a 
>specific case.

I call it fast_food, based on my criteria above.

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Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>