[Tagging] Distinction between amenity=restaurant and fast_food

Andy Mabbett andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Sun Aug 3 15:15:19 UTC 2014


"On 3 August 2014 14:19, Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> I would tend to go for fast_food for dominos, they are primarily take
> aways but may offer somewhere to sit but that does not make it a
> restaurant. I would go for restaurant for most Pizza Huts.

That appears to be a value judgement, and not something that couldn't
easily be measured on the ground.

> To add to the confusion, McDonalds do use the word
> restaurant on their fast_food outlets when they are in
> no way restaurants.

My dictionary defines a restaurant as "A place where people pay to sit
and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises."  All of
that can be done at a McDonalds.

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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk



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