[Tagging] Distinction between amenity=restaurant and fast_food

[Richard Welty]

On 8/3/14 4:19 PM, Tod Fitch wrote:
> On Aug 3, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>
>> Your comment suggests that "fast food" and "restaurant" are mutually
>> exclusive; they are not.
>>
>> Google finds "about 5,110,000 results" for "fast food restaurant",
>> with quotes; the first of which is the Wikipedia article:
>>
>>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food_restaurant
>>
>> We should probably tag something like:
>>
>>    amenity=restaurant
>>    restaurant_type=fast_food
>>    cuisine=pizza
>>
> +1 on this, though I might go for restaurant:type=fast_food rather than restaurant_type=fast_food.
>
> The phrase "I know it when I see it" comes to mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it 
still doesn't address the problem of fast food properly.

restaurant:service=counter|table

focuses on something that objectively verifiable, much better than "i
know it when i see it."
>
> 2. Does the establishment has a license to sell alcoholic beverages? No implies fast food.
not true for european fast food franchises that sell beer.

richard

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