Food and drink – different types

• Restaurants – serving lunches and evening meals, with alcoholic drinks available. Quality expensive restaurants may have awards such as Michelin stars or excellent reviews.
• Pubs and Clubs – serve a range of beer, wine and other drinks. Many serve food such as burgers and pizza.
• Cafes, Coffee & Tea Shops – tend to serve non-alcoholic drinks and snacks. These can be locally owned businesses or national chains such as Costa Coffee.
• Fast foods – serve burgers and pizzas and most are international chains. Tourists are attracted to them because they are familiar and convenient.
• Local produce – many food and drink providers are now promoting the locally-produced items they have available. These can range from sausages from a nearby farm or beer from a local brewery.
• Farmers’ Markets – these are increasingly popular, provide additional appeal for tourists and provide the opportunity to buy locally-produced foods.
• Celebrity Chefs – famous chefs have opened restaurants in a number of tourist destinations. This has increased the appeal of the destination since more people are now watching TV cookery programmes.
• Food events – some destinations are organising food festivals to promote food items and recipes from the locality.