restaurant names

[Liz]

not strictly a grammar question, but why are restaurants called "rincon". I guess that it is something like a "cornerhouse" ie a gathering place, si?

Liz

[Matthew]

Hi Liz,

'Rincón' also has the meaning of 'nook', so this name is given to many restaurants to give them a sort of cosy glow. It is supposed to imply a snug, intimate, inviting place to eat.

Matt

[Fiona Pitt-Kethley]

All the restaurants called Rincon I´ve seen were indeed on corners leading me to use the word (wrongly) for corner. I live on one and directed the taxi driver last night only to be told by son that the rincon is the inside of the corner not the outside (his way of putting it at 12) . He told me I should have said esquina.

[Jesus]

esquina = parte de fuera donde se juntan 2 lineas en un angulo recto

rincon = parte de dentro donde se juntan 2 lineas en un angulo recto, lo contrario


Saludos

[Jesus]

Puede ser por un apellido, o el lugar donde esta el bar que sea el rincon de una calle,

rincon = parte de dentro donde se juntan 2 lineas en un angulo recto

[Fiona Pitt-Kethley]

So my son was spot on in his explanation!

[philip mitchell]

cozy, i guess