APPENDIX A 



Bureau of the Census Definition of Eating and Drinking Places -J 



Retail establishments selling prepared food, and drinks for 

 consumption on the premises, and also lunch counters and refreshment 

 stands selling prepared food and drinks for immediate consvunption. 

 Restaurants and lunch counters operated as leased departments within 

 other retail businesses were treated as part of the establishment in 

 which they were located. However, restaurants and lunch coimters 

 operated as leased departments or concessions in businesses other than 

 retail, are included in this classification as eating and drinking 

 places . 



Restaurants, cafeterias 



Retail establishments primarily engaged in selling complete 

 meals and having full table service facilities. 



Caterers 



Retail establishments primarily engaged in the preparation of 

 food, and serving of that food elsewhere. 



Lunch counters^ refreshment stands 



Retail establishments primarily engaged in selling limited 

 lines of refreshments such as fruit juices, soft drinks, or short-order 

 meals for immediate or on-premise consumption. They do not ha\re full 

 table service facilities. The classification also includes operators 

 primarily engaged in selling soft drinks through coin-operated vending 

 machines. 



1/ United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Censvis, Census 

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