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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
by abraxas 6y ago
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.
- tsomctl 6y agoRestaurants 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.
- autora 6y ago>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-in-the-uk-ranked-according-to-their-claims/ https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/10/the-15-oldest-pubs...
- therealcamino 6y agoThis 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-italy-are-reopening-ancient-wine-windows-used-during-plague/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/08/10/restaurants...