Indicating that given beverages are available for sale or consumption at a given establishment is an important feature on OSM, as map users frequently desire to buy or consume a specific drink. In my opinion, the wiki page for this key does not adequately describe the options a consumer faces when purchasing a specific beverage. Specifically, there’s no clear way to bifurcate drinks sold as a retail item (e.g., “on the shelf”) versus those served for consumption within an establishment.

Would mappers be willing to join the discussion on the talk page to begin the process for improving the usability of this tag?

Personally, my suggestions include:
1. clarifying the usage of the key “drink:xyz=” overall in the first sentence of the page
2. (re)adding the key “drink:xyz=retail”
3. clarifying the definition of “drink:xyz=bottled”
4. suggesting the key “drink:xyz=retail” or “drink:xyz=bottled” be used in place of “drink:xyz=takeaway”

Thanks for taking a look and joining the discussion and weighing in regarding the appropriate way to map establishments serving or selling given beverages.

key:drink wiki page
key:drink talk page