The difference between pubs and restaurants is a getting a bit blurred. But not so much between pubs and cafes.
In the UK pubs have to be licenced with the local council and usually have restricted opening hours (i.e: they are not normally allowed to sell alcohol before 11am). They also have to comply with national and local legislation which can include things like not being within a certain distance of a school, not allowing people under 16 years to enter the premises unaccompanied and not being operated by someone who is a convicted criminal. Cafes are not usually licenced to sell alcohol and are simply regulated by the local authority's food hygiene office. If a cafe or restaurant wants to sell alcohol they have to apply for a licence just like a pub or a restaurant. There used to be lots of rules about restaurants not being allowed to have a "bar" where customers could sit and consume drinks and there was a rule about them only being allowed to serve alcohol with meals; but most of these laws were repealed under the Licencing act 2003. PY On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Tim Waters (chippy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
