90% economy, 120% gastronomy: Covid-19 seems to have changed lifestyles for good

Re:90% economy, 120% gastronomy: Covid-19 seems to have chan... by abraxas on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:44PM (#24104954)

I'm not sure bars existed in the times of Black Death. I learned recently that a sit down restaurant with a menu is a relatively new thing. Two hundred years or so. Plus minus a few decades.

Your point still stands though. I just thought I would point that out as I found it somewhat interesting because for a long time I had assumed that restaurant business was much older than that.

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Re:90% economy, 120% gastronomy: Covid-19 seems to have chan... by autora on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:22AM (#24106161)

>I'm not sure bars existed in the times of Black Death

depends what you mean by a bar?

In the UK, taverns certainly existed prior to the Black Death (1346 – 1353). For instance:

> Established in the 13th Century, The White Hart Inn on Drury Lane claims to be London’s oldest pub. Historical records show its first license was granted as early as 1216

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/10/the-15-oldest-pubs...

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Re:90% economy, 120% gastronomy: Covid-19 seems to have chan... by therealcamino on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:24PM (#24139670)

This article kind of fudges the Black Death and an Italian plague 300 years later, but there were "wine windows" to allow serving without physical contact, and some have been recently put back into service:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/08/10/restaurants...

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Re:90% economy, 120% gastronomy: Covid-19 seems to have chan... by tsomctl on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:55PM (#24105017)

Restaurants have existed for millennia. It's just that you didn't get to choose what you ate. It was whatever the cook had lots of that day.

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