Sidewalk cafe
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For the music venue in New York City, see SideWalk Café.
A sidewalk café or pavement café is "a portion of an eating or drinking place, located on a public sidewalk, that provides waiter or waitress service" (as defined by the American Planning Association based upon the New York City planning regulations); the area is used solely for dining.[1] Sidewalk cafés are of two types: enclosed and unenclosed, the former being surrounded by a single-story structure and the latter being an area of the sidewalk that contains removable tables, chairs, and railings.[1]
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Sidewalk cafés are common across Europe, forming an important part of street life in countries such as Spain, France and Italy.[2]