Can a restaurant refuse to serve tap water and only offer expensive bottled imports instead? Patrick Collinson finds a surprising legal vacuum – and a growing environmental rebellionTwo weeks ago Dr Anne Guilding and her friends were relaxing in a restaurant, celebrating her son’s wedding the day before. The food, wine and conversation were flowing. But then it suddenly turned ugly. No, there wasn’t a bust-up between the in-laws. It was because one of the diners dared ask for some tap water so she could take a tablet.”We had already spent hundreds of pounds, buying wine and expensive sparkling water. So I was gobsmacked when the waiter refused to bring us a jug of tap water, or even a glass. He told us it wasn’t the restaurant’s policy to serve tap water,” says Guilding, whose party at the Brasserie El Prado in Bridgend included a member of the Welsh Assembly and a visiting American astonished that British restaurants don’t automatically serve free water. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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