[Tagging] What tag(s) for a school canteen ?

[John F. Eldredge]

Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2012/6/18 Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com>:
> > All in title (question seen on our local forum)
> >
> > amenity=restaurant + access=private ?
> > Pieren
> 
> 
> is it a restaurant type canteen? Usually I'd tend to think fast_food
> if thinking of canteens, but if access is restricted, it might be
> discussable if fast_food or restaurant is the right typology anyway.
> Maybe better invent something dedicated for canteens. Or is the next
> step to tag all bigger private kitchens as restaurants,
> access=private? ;-)
> 
> cheers,
> Martin
> 
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In the US, at least, school canteens (school cafeterias or school lunchrooms, in US terms) tend to have tables for diners to sit at, instead of being merely an institutional-scale kitchen.  The extent to which the food should resemble fast food, versus something healthier, is a perpetual arguing point.

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