gastronomy
Places whose primary function is serving food or drink, excluding grocery and packaged-food shops.
Gastronomical usages apply to places whose primary function is to serve food and/or drink. They do not include commercial establishments or stores where groceries or packaged food is sold.
A restaurant has menu-based table service. Fast food has counter collection for short-order meals. These are different service arrangements within the broader activity of serving food.
Food service also includes fresh food supplied directly to consumers outside those two arrangements, including food for immediate consumption elsewhere. A drinking establishment primarily serves prepared beverages. Selling groceries or packaged food for later use is a different activity.
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More specific definitions
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drinking
An establishment primarily serving prepared drinks, with snacks optional and packaged take-home beverage stores excluded. -
fast food
An eatery where customers collect short-order meals at a counter and carry them to tables, excluding buffet restaurants. -
food service
Places serving fresh food directly for immediate consumption, excluding restaurants, fast-food outlets, and food shops. -
restaurant
A dining space where customers sit at tables, order meals from a menu, and receive service from wait staff.
Related definitions
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retail services
Retail spaces where customers purchase actions, personal services, or use of a facility. -
shops
Retail stores where customers physically select and purchase goods to take away from the premises. -
wholesaler
A place where goods are sold to commercial, institutional, or industrial purchasers.