[Tagging] Fast food vs. restaurant vs. cafe

[Alan Mintz]

At 2010-05-04 12:04, Phil! Gold wrote:
>* Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.Net> [2010-05-04 09:47 -0700]:
> > 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.
>
>With those criteria, what distinguishes fast_food from cafe?

At the risk of bringing up the ambiguous meaning of "cafe" discussion again 
:) I'm using cafe for coffee-houses like Starbucks, with very limited, 
usually pre-made, offerings like sandwiches and pastries.

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Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>