[OSM-talk] pub vs café

Tim Waters (chippy) chippy2005 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 18 17:26:15 BST 2008


But I've been in many cafes with no dedicated kitchens (Starbucks, for
instance). And a lot of pubs with dedicated kitchens.
A pub's main revenue comes from the booze. Many of them are closing
down their kitchens to save money. Some pubs have a tiny bar, and most
 of it is a restaurant - so called "gastro-pubs".

cafe, from coffee - selling coffee.  A coffee, or tea shop. Cake.
pub, from public - selling, erm, beer. No cake.

another, less official:
A pub -  It has frosted windows, closed off areas, no table service.
Mainly male. Is more popular in the evening and night.
a cafe has clear windows, and a terrace open to the world. Table
service, open to all, people watching is part of it. Is more popular
in the daytime.

Maybe, ultimately, it's cake vs no cake? Or pork scratchings vs cake?

On 10/18/08, Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega
>  <ivan at sanchezortega.es> wrote:
>  > El Sábado, 18 de Octubre de 2008, Pete Lawrence escribió:
>  >> Restaurants v's cafe's are probably more likely to be mixed up.
>  >
>  > It's easy, actually: dedicated kitchen area or not.
>
>
> there are several cafes near me with dedicated kitchen areas - often
>  the british style "caff" which specialises in fry-ups. when i'm
>  tagging i choose based on whether it looks like a lunch, snack and
>  coffee place or a seated dinner place. sometimes the signage provides
>  a big clue :-)
>
>  cheers,
>
>
>  matt
>
>
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