Are restaurants that serve a lot of alcohol less of a threat than regular bars

[taterguy]

This is a serious question and I'm asking because my town is debating new regulations for nightclubs about minimum security standards. The standards won't apply to restaurants, even ones with large bar areas.

Of course lots of those those restaurants tend to be chains like Hooters and Applebees while most bars in this area tend to be locally owned and operated. This just strikes me as yet another way that the "little" man gets screwed while the faceless giant corporation catches another break.

What do y'all think?

[MonkeyFunk]

1. well

if it's really about security, yes, I'd venture that bars and nightclubs are a bigger concern than restaurants.

[Joe Fields]

2. Bars and restaurants aren't a threat. It's the type of clientele.

IMO, a bar is a legitimate business. And, of course so are restaurants. Usually, a town has a good idea how many liquor permits to pass out, given the size of the town's population, and expected out of town business.

[mainegreen]

5. Correctamundo. n/t

[tk2kewl]

7. Beers don't get drunk...

people do? :silly:

[johnnie]

3. One thing to look at

At a restaurant, you tend to at least eat some food as opposed to being in a bar where you do more drinking.

[taterguy]

4. Although it could mean you stay there longer and drink more

I honestly don't know which is why I'm asking, and I don't spend a lot of time at big chain restaurants

[JVS]

6. Drinking on an empty stomach trumps eating and drinking more as...

far as the most efficient way to get hammered method goes

[skygazer]

8. It's not something that's easy to generalize imo

I have family in the bar business and most of them have worked restaurant bars as well. So much depends on the layout, the clientele, the atmosphere.

There are several restaurants I've gone to just for the bar and rarely or never ate there. Some restaurant bars are known for that.

Some of the bars my brother has worked were just laid-back working-class bars where people went to have a few with their friends and there was virtually no need for security.

So I don't think you can generalize them as all one thing or all the other.

[taterguy]

9. That's why the proposed regulations get under my skin

They're proposing a minimum number of bouncers which might cause some places to go out of business and do nothing to improve "safety" since the bouncers wouldn't be needed.