Why is there parking at pubs?

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

hmm, most restaurants that I have gone to allow for alcohol only to be ordered -- no food requirement.

Yes, as a home owner, you can be held accountable, the same as the restaurant or pub is. "Smart serve" is there for a reason, as are the people who investigate establishments.

You can’t just order drinks at restaurants, at least not legally. Common knowledge out here and restaurants are careful about it because of fines. I don’t know about where you are. Pubs don’t require ordering of food. Also common knowledge.

In BC the two types of licences are called Food Primary, and Liquor Primary.

https://pub-victoria.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=24518#:~:text=A%20food%20primary%20licence%20is,the%20licence%20specifically%20allows%20them.

AI overview:


In British Columbia, to serve alcohol in a restaurant, you need a liquor license from the
Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch(LCRB). Restaurant patrons must be 19 or older to consume alcohol, and servers must also be at least 19, though they cannot serve minors or open bottles. Restaurants must have a food-primary liquor license, meaning serving food is their main purpose, and must ensure patrons do not become intoxicated and drive.


Well at least AI’s not trying to make me feel stupid.

I asked the question in a BC context but you might want to look up your province’s rules.

 

[BetteTheRed]

Numerous in England I’ve heard. Little parking though.

Here's the thing we forget about England. It's small and close together. I can think of almost no places in England where you'd be more than a mile from a pub... Cuz and I hop in his car to go to the marina where his narrowboat lives. We bring in groceries, get sorted, get out the first lock and head off. Three hours later, we stop for a pub lunch. At a pub/restaurant a 15 minute walk from his house. But we've seen lots of town/country life in those three hours.

 

[JayneWonders]

You have to order something, ie, just can't have water, but, you can just order alcohol at a restaurant.
Even if you did have to order food, you don't have to eat it. So, you can order the smallest appetizer on the menu, and then proceed to drink.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

Here's the thing we forget about England. It's small and close together. I can think of almost no places in England where you'd be more than a mile from a pub...

I don’t think there’s anywhere more than a mile from a pub where I am either. Maybe 1.5 miles.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

You have to order something, ie, just can't have water, but, you can just order alcohol at a restaurant.
Even if you did have to order food, you don't have to eat it. So, you can order the smallest appetizer on the menu, and then proceed to drink.

Yeah but you wouldn’t be allowed to sit and drink with your little bit of food for hours. Not so in pubs. The point of the licensing (or part of it) in restaurants is to reduce drinking and driving. Hence my OP question. Why are there parking lots at pubs? Makes perfect sense to ask.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

It’s not uncommon for people to go to pubs for the purpose of getting drunk - tipsy over the driving limit anyway - everybody knows that. What I was concerned about is the driving part not whether people drink at the pub.

 

[BetteTheRed]

Liquor and cannabis laws have been hugely relaxed in the last decades. Impaired driving laws and enforcement have been beefed up.

The result, as it should be, I think, is the old ad: "you are your own liquor control board". Personally, I consume alcohol, cannabis, and have an insured car with a valid drivers license. It is my responsibility, as an adult human, to combine these factors responsibly.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

Liquor and cannabis laws have been hugely relaxed in the last decades. Impaired driving laws and enforcement have been beefed up.

The result, as it should be, I think, is the old ad: "you are your own liquor control board". Personally, I consume alcohol, cannabis, and have an insured car with a valid drivers license. It is my responsibility, as an adult human, to combine these factors responsibly.

You do, but some need harm reduction.

That said I haven’t heard of recent problems here so maybe people are being responsible, or maybe there are cops parked there waiting to catch people. I don’t know.

 

[Pavlos Maros]

It does because more drinking without food happens at them and that’s a concern regarding driving. It doesn’t answer it.

Yes. But not everybody who goes to pubs, 'drinks'.

 

[Pavlos Maros]

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[Kimmio Laughterlove]

Yes. But not everybody who goes to pubs, 'drinks'.

Yes I realize but a high percentage does. They didn’t put parking lots in when they built them 35 years ago, for “non drinkers”.

 

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