TOPIC 2: CATERING ENTERPRISES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION
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A public catering enterprise is an entrepreneur performing functions for the organization and provision of services for the preparation, sale and consumption of culinary and other food products in the field of public catering.
There are five types of catering establishments, which mainly include restaurants, cafes, bars, canteens, and snack bars.
The restaurant is a catering establishment that prepares a wide range of dishes using complex methods. Such enterprises offer customers custom and signature dishes, beverages, tobacco, and confectionery products, providing high-quality service for their comfortable leisure time. Restaurants differ from each other in the assortment of dishes offered, the number of places, and the location.
Restaurants differ from each other in the assortment of dishes they offer, the number of places, and their location.
City restaurants are located within the city and operate only at specified times. They offer a wide assortment of food, snacks, and drinks, mainly preparing lunch and dinner.
Railway restaurants are located on railways and airways and serve passengers around the clock. In the menu of such restaurants, dishes, snacks, and drinks are limited.
Ship restaurants are designed to serve tourists and passengers, where breakfast, lunch, and dinner are prepared. Passenger service is provided by waiters. Ship restaurants mainly sell confectionery products, various beverages, and travel supplies.
Wagon-restaurants are organized on long-distance railway trains. Usually, such restaurants serve passengers traveling for more than one day.
Restaurants for auto tourists are located at major intersections, large bus stations, where tourists dine and rest.
A bar is a small restaurant, formerly called a tavern. A wide assortment of various beverages is sold. At the same time, the bar can offer dishes, appetizers, and confectionery. The bar's mission is to provide excellent customer service, modern design, create comfortable relaxation conditions in a healthy environment, as well as organize music and industrial performances, and video broadcasts. Bars usually operate in administrative-cultural and shopping centers, restaurants and cafes, and hotels.
Non-alcoholic bars are organized in public recreation areas and serve as a meeting place for professionals and young people of various professions. They mainly drink non-alcoholic beverages there. Thanks to tastefully decorated, excellent musical service, such bars quickly stand out and serve as a convenient place for vacationers.
Salad bars are a place equipped with a special counter, which mainly offers a variety of vegetable and meat salads. The peculiarity of such bars is that each customer puts the dishes in their own dishes, similar to the "Swedish table" method.
Fruit bars are a new type of catering enterprise, aimed at solving social problems and reducing the consumption of alcoholic beverages. This type of bar is located in buildings in a unique way and is equipped in a simple way. As the name suggests, such bars mainly offer various types of juices and drinks, as well as confectionery products.
Dairy bars - differ from other types of bars in their product range. In addition to milk and butter cocktails, the bar's daily menu includes several types of dairy dishes, samsa and confectionery made from dairy products, and beverages.
Disco bars operate as cafes during the day and serve as bars in the evening. Disco bars operate in separate buildings or in hotel basements, where youth leisure evenings are held with the participation of orchestras, singers, and actors. Disco bar halls must be artistically decorated to meet modern requirements, with a dance floor and lighting appropriate for the overall appearance.
Express bars (fast service) - operate in shopping centers, hotels, and railway stations. In such bars with standing meals, the range of dishes is limited, and the product assortment corresponds to the bar's function. For example, it offers sandwiches, dishes with minced meat, various confectionery and dairy products, and quenching thirst drinks.
Beer bars - sold in special places with beer or bottled. Pubs can be sold from special containers or directly through special vending machines. Fruit and mineral waters are recommended for sale. Beer bars offer both hot and cold appetizers along with beer, even offering various pickles, dried fish, and more suitable for beer.
Wine bars - operating in hotels, restaurants, and cafes, are known mainly as a good place for meeting friends, waiting for guests, and having conversations.
Grill bars are located in shopping malls, recreation areas, and crowded dining areas. In grilled bars, customers can order delicacies and unique dishes. The most common dishes in such bars are fried fish, chicken, kebabs, etc. In grilled bars, the dish is prepared in front of the customer and served by the seller himself.
Cafe - provides food and leisure for clients. Cafes perform the functions of preparing and delivering custom and custom dishes to customers. The assortment of dishes is limited, and preparation is not very complicated. The cafes have a disco service, where weddings, anniversaries, family lunches, exhibitions of new dishes and products are also held. Cafes are divided into two groups depending on the product assortment and customer composition:
An ice cream cafe is the busiest place to relax. Not all families go to restaurants or bars because they are age-appropriate and expensive.
Cafeterias are established in large grocery or non-food stores. Cafeterias can prepare and sell hot drinks, fermented milk products, and confectionery. However, the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
A dining room is a place where food is consumed, satisfying the needs of relevant customers, where a menu is compiled for the days of the week, dishes are prepared and served to customers. Among catering enterprises, canteens are the most widespread catering establishments, whose main activity is the preparation of dishes for the population from their products, meeting customer demands, preparing breakfast, lunch, dinner, or part of them. You can also take food home from the kitchens. Pre-orders are accepted, and food products and semi-finished products are also sold.