Whatever Bar
Too many bars are popping around lately. Must be some new fad.
Once it was easy. A bar was probably a pub, where you had a counter, and someone behind it served drinks, mostly alcoholic. Some extra tables, and additions of foods to the menu, were also expected and usually found.
Then they started with the legal issues of smoking. You could freely smoke in a bar (Some people actually want to smoke, and so far we’re out of luck and there’s no death penalty for smoking). You couldn’t smoke in a non-designated area in a restaurant or coffee shop. And since those places want customer, and some customers smoke, they came up with a bright idea. Make it a bar.
Which started the trend of "Whatever Coffee Shop & Bar". You got the same coffee shop, with a small counter at the side having a barman someone that can pour drinks out of bottles. And people could smoke.
That was alright. Nobody really minded that coffee shops added "& Bar" to their names, or that some small restaurants did.
But for some reason the term gained a stunning popularity, and is now being used everywhere, despite it not designating the presence of a bar or having any other noticeable meaning whatsoever.
The Noodle bars came first I think. And stayed at it for a while. Sushi Bars were there also, but they’re somewhat legit, serving Sushi at the counter/bar is done.
But now? Now we have Chocolate bars, we have Falafel bars, we have Hummus bars, we have Burger bars, we have Sandwich bars, and more and more highly amusing, or highly tragic, bar combinations. Really, I’ve seen all of those.
Please stop. No, don’t stop, reverse. Free the Bar name! I can’t take it anymore. I was amused at first, but it’s getting too much. Soon there won’t be a single food serving place in the country that isn’t a bar.
December 14th, 2004 at 20:50 EET | Categories: Food and Drink |
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