[Tagging] Distinction between amenity=restaurant and fast_food

Colin Smale colin.smale at xs4all.nl
Mon Aug 4 06:30:18 UTC 2014


On 2014-08-04 05:52, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:

> On Sun, 2014-08-03 at 13:19 -0700, Tod Fitch wrote:
> 
>> Thinking about this there seems to be several items that distinguish a 
>> fast food restaurant from other restaurants in my mind: 1. Does it 
>> have a drive-through window? Yes implies fast food. 1. Are the plates 
>> and cutlery are disposable? Yes implies fast food.
> 
> Agree with both of these for the most part.
> 
>> 2. Does the establishment has a license to sell alcoholic beverages? 
>> No implies fast food.
> 
> However, yes does not imply "not fast food" either, as it would
> disqualify Chipotle and Taco Cabana, both of which serve margaritas, 
> and
> the latter at least has bottled beer too.

"No alcohol" does not imply fast_food at many "middle eastern" 
restaurants either, nor at restaurants with a "bring your own wine" 
compromise policy either. I don't think alcohol has anything at all to 
do with the distinction between restaurant and fast_food.

--colin



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