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CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: brian on January 22, 2020, 02:08:57 pm ---Servery" a counter, service hatch, or room from which meals are served.
In most houses built before or shortly after the war, kitchens had a servery to the outside which had a door on the inside which could be locked. The milkman left bottles of milk in there and the baker left bread. However in Taverns here the servery is much bigger, the door can be rolled up to provide a counter at times when meals are served. Servery can also be use for the food service area in canteens as in universityies. As we (thankfully) do not tip, it is quite common to go and collect one's meal when it is ready. Of course the meals are cheaper than in a full restaurant. I would not call MacDonalds a restaurant either but they do advertise themselves that way. I have become lactose intolerant so sadly no longer buy a shake with my big mac and fries. Instead I order a coffee and have been surprised to be given a number and told to go and sit at a table and my meal is brought to me.
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I had never heard of a servery either, and when I google image searched it, I found two different types.
I think this one is most like what you are talking about, Brian.
This image also came up as a 'servery', I think here it would be called a cafeteria line or buffet line.
brianr:
Yes photo 1 is often seen around shopping centres but I never use because I want to sit down and drink my coffee. Having always worked in schools, I was never able to just drop out of the office to buy a coffee. What I am referring to looks similar but is found within hotels or taverns. You go to the bar for drinks and to the servery for food and take them back to the common tables. Photo 2 would be more like what is found in student canteens.
brianr:
We have discussed soda and pop before. We say neither but say 'soft drink".
Sason:
Thanks for the diner/restaurant explanations!
We don't have diners here exactly. Lots of different types of restaurants and cafés and fast food places, but nothing that's open 24 h. (AFAIK)
Brian, I love your idea of monthly meetings aiming at visiting every café in town!
brianr:
--- Quote from: Sason on January 22, 2020, 06:03:13 pm ---
Brian, I love your idea of monthly meetings aiming at visiting every café in town!
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Yes. nothing here open 24 hr except (perhaps) MacDonalds. People on TripAdvisor often ask where to get a meal after 9pm. There are a few places in the city centre that open very late (like 3 or 4am)on Friday and Saturday but I do not know how late they serve food, usually they close the kitchen about 9pm.. But we only have a population of 135,000. Auckland with over a million may have more open.
When I took over the 60 Plus hiking group six years ago, we began going for coffee afterwards, actually some of us had started doing that beforehand but the previous leader was not impressed. There are lots of groups in our 60Plus club, one is called 'Coffee & Culture' and, after a monthly visit to a museum or art gallery or similar, we go for coffee nearby. Another is the 'Movie Club' and after our monthly movie on Sunday afternoon, many go for coffee but always the same cafe. So I suggested a 'Just Coffee' group. It cannot be openly advertised in the club as most cafes cannot handle much more than dozen. We have had between 4 and 14 but usually between 6 and 10. I advertise by email the Saturday before (it is on Thursday or Friday at 10.30am) and ask people to let me know if possible the evening before. If 6 or more, I ring the cafe early and book a table. Today, after the supermarket, I went to 'Muffin Break' which is in the Food Hall and had a mixed berry muffin (my favourite) and a medium cappuchino. While not strictly a cafe, I go there a lot as every 5th coffee is free and they give me a free muffin in the month of my birthday..
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