[Tagging] amenity=food_court - some questions

[Andy Townsend]

On 07/04/2022 16:45, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 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 the UK, pre-covid at least, lots of corporate offices have that sort 
of setup (perhaps all outsourced to the likes of Compass or Sodexo).  
Often it will describe itself as a "food court", but almost no-one who 
was forced to eat there would refer to it as that - it'd usually be 
something like "the canteen".

To me any sort of "food court" would involve multiple vendors.

Best Regards,

Andy