Someone added amenity=food_outlets to the map features and even after reading the comment "An area with several food outlets" I'm quite unsure what this could be.
Is this a collection of several amenity=fast_food or a kind of vending_machine or ...? In the US we have a thing called "food court". There is a central common seating area, and around the edge there are places selling food, typically fast food type. Each has a counter that would almost join the next one's counter - think of a mcdonald's where only the counter part and behind of the restaurant exists. There may also be some kiosk/stands that are self-contained in the middle. These are typically places you don't want to go and don't want to buy food at, but are convenient. They are found in shopping malls, airports and some train stations. There are also areas in airports with multiple restaurants near each other and individual seating. To be a food court (in my view), there has to be a shared seating area among the restaurtants, with the restaurants not having seating. From the US point of view I would tag the entire common area 'amenity=food_court', and tag some of the individual restaurants 'amenity=fast_food'. Some of the places sell coffee and pastries and are more properly amenity=cafe. The public can't go in the individual restaurants in a food court. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_station_dc_food_court.jpg http://pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?pg=8061 http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/qoHkEmKspps3ZCwor3xLug?select=TNc3qREb5TJ_tr1AicIatg http://www.flickr.com/photos/flaneur/409846061/in/set-72157594581857903/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dc/2085996881/in/pool-canon-eos-450d
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