[Tagging] amenity=food_court - some questions

[Greg Troxel]

Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> writes:

> Wouldn't have to be multiple vendors. At the Uni, you walked into a big
> room, & sandwiches were made over here, pre-packed salads at the counter
> beside them, various on-a-plate hot foods at the back, sushi over there,
> traditional take-away food (pies, hot chips, dim sims etc) on that side,
> together with racks of snack foods - chips, nuts, chocolates. get what you
> wanted, then out through the common cash registers at the front.
>
> So multiple types of food, but all operated by Uni Catering, & it would
> certainly qualify as a food court to me.

In US usage, that is definitely not a food court.  I am thinking of a
hospital cafeteria that is exactly as you describe, maybe minus the
sushi).  This is just a cafeteria with food stations.  Part of the
eseence of food court is that the various places have their own
branding, their own registers, and appear to be separate businesses,
with a common seating area.

In a food court, I would expect the seating to be tagged as food_court,
and individual places to be tagged as fast_food.

With the uni/hospital cafeteria, I would expect tagging for a single
entity, which is probably fast_food.

> "Self-service" is a bit confusing to me though, as that suggests that you
> go over to the counter & either pick-up your own pre-packaged food, or use
> the serving spoons / tongs provided to transfer the food from the trays to
> your plate?

In the US, "self service" for food court makes no sense.

It is true that you go to a counter and leave with a tray of food.
definitely no table waitstaff.  and it would be really surprising,
pehraps not quite disqualifying, for them to bring something to you
after a while.   But it's fast_food, not cafe, so that basically does
not happen.
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