Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:13 AM, Rihards wrote: > On 2016.09.30. 11:54, Andrew Wiseman wrote: > ... > > I think that you're all overthinking it, and trying to fit a > > European square into a US circle. First of all, the US doesn't have > > pubs, unless the owner is

Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-30 Thread Greg Troxel
Andrew Wiseman writes: > On Thursday, September 29, 2016, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: > >> I think that you're all overthinking it, and trying to fit a European >> square into a US circle. First of all, the US doesn't have pubs, unless the >> owner is specifically

Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-30 Thread Rihards
On 2016.09.30. 11:54, Andrew Wiseman wrote: ... > I think that you're all overthinking it, and trying to fit a > European square into a US circle. First of all, the US doesn't have > pubs, unless the owner is specifically trying to recreate the > atmosphere of a European pub (or at

Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-30 Thread Andrew Wiseman
On Thursday, September 29, 2016, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: > I think that you're all overthinking it, and trying to fit a European > square into a US circle. First of all, the US doesn't have pubs, unless the > owner is specifically trying to recreate the atmosphere of a European pub

Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-29 Thread Jack Burke
I think that was a discussion on one of the mailing lists. And, where you order was also what I understand the (very fine) distinction to be. -jack -- Typos courtesy of fancy auto spell technology On September 29, 2016 2:00:04 PM EDT, Greg Troxel wrote: > >Harald Kliems

Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-29 Thread Greg Troxel
Harald Kliems writes: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:17 PM Greg Troxel wrote: > >> >> That's not what the OSM tag means; it's more european. In OSM, "cafe" >> means (usually) that there is real food, but (always) that you order at >> a counter and then either

Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-29 Thread Greg Troxel
Jeffrey Ollie writes: > Third, the laws/regulations around liquor licenses are complex for various > historical and political reasons and vary state by state and probably even > city by city. What classifies as a bar in one state might be a restaurant > in another. Agreed that

Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-29 Thread Jeffrey Ollie
I think that you're all overthinking it, and trying to fit a European square into a US circle. First of all, the US doesn't have pubs, unless the owner is specifically trying to recreate the atmosphere of a European pub (or at least what an Americans think a European pub is). Doesn't matter if a

Re: [Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-29 Thread Greg Troxel
Andrew Wiseman writes: > The wiki uses a European context, so here's my attempt at classifying what > is what in the US. Let me know what you think. I mostly agree; comments on details. > To me, a "pub" in the US would be bars that have food, but the food isn't > the main

[Talk-us] Bar vs Pub vs Restaurant in the US?

2016-09-29 Thread Andrew Wiseman
Hi all, I was just thinking about this from an American context and went to the Wiki, where someone else had the same question -- I think because we call many places a bar. [1] I think part of the confusion is because many municipalities in the US require that places sell food if they sell