[Tagging] Fast food vs. restaurant vs. cafe

[Greg Troxel]

Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.Net> writes:

> 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.

I think that's the right call.  Starbuck's is primarily about coffee,
tries to have high-end coffee, and tries to have nice food even if
limited.

Would you call dunkin donuts "fast food"?  I do, because I get more of a
"megacorp volume" feel than a "quality food" feel there.  I think most
people would agree that both are close to the line but that splitting it
there is at least reasonable.  But it is indeed hard to describe them as
fundamentally different without being classist or foodie-ist.
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