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Sunday, September 13, 2015

RESTAURANT

The term restaurant, as we now today, began in 1765 in Paris, France. There is an interesting story about the proprietor of, perhaps, the first public restaurant. Before 1765, inns and catering operation offered public food service. The caterers formed a guild (union) to protect their interests from unscrupulous Competition. This is when a soup vender created a soup made of sheep’s foot and white wine sauce. He was brought to court ruled that speciality dish did not compete with any dish prepared by the guild and the vender’s soup kitchen become famous and even the king of France wanted to taste the speciality which created public commotion. The soup vendor merchandise the soup as “le restaurant divin”-the divine restorative , coming from the Latin word resturare, meaning ‘to restore’. This gave us the word restaurant, which is a place to restore health.

BAR

     A bar (also known as a saloon or a tavern or sometimes a pub or club, referring to the actual establishment, as in pub bar or club bar etc.) is a retail business establishment that serves alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages like mineral water and soft drinks and often sell snack foods, like crisps or peanuts, for consumption on premises. Some types of bars, such as pubs, may also have serve food from a restaurant menu.
     
     Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go dancers, or strippers. Bars that offer entertainment or live music are often referred to as music bars, live venues, or nightclubs. Types of bars range from inexpensive dive bars to elegant places of entertainment for the elite, often accompanying restaurants for dining.