Cantina

A cantina is a type of bar common in Latin America and Spain. The word is similar in etymology to "canteen", and is derived from the Italian word for a cellar, winery, or vault.
In Italy, the word ''cantina'' refers to a room below the ground level where wine and other products such as salami are stored.

As ''cantine'' it was used to refer to the shop of a sutler, an army camp follower.

Types of cantinas

Spain

In Spain, a ''cantina'' is a bar located in a train station or any establishment located at or near a workplace where food and drinks are served.

''Cantina'' was one of the foreign words that entered in from Renaissance Italy. During the 16th century, the Spanish Empire included large holdings in Italy. Luis de Bávia wrote in his ''Tercera y Cuarta Parte de la Historia Pontifical y Católica'' (1621): "Perdiéndose en las cantinas y lugares baxos icgran número de mercaderías..." ("Losing itself in the cantinas and places of ill repute a large quantity of merchandise...").

The cantina features in one of the sonnets of Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645). This is a quatrain from that sonnet:

Mexico

In rural Mexico, a ''cantina'' traditionally is a kind of bar frequented by males for drinking alcohol and eating ''botanas'' (appetizers). Some ''cantinas'' are also known for being places where people gather to play dominoes, cards or other table games. Cantinas can often be distinguished by signs that expressly prohibit entrance to women and minors, as opposed to a ''club'', ''salon de bailar'' (dance hall), or ''salon de mariachi'' (typified by the Salon Tenampa, at the Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City) which are intended for socializing between the sexes. Also, some cantinas explicitly prohibit entrance to dogs and men in police or military uniform. Some of the traditional restrictions on entry to cantinas are beginning to fade away. However, in many areas it is still viewed as scandalous for proper ladies to be seen visiting a genuine ''cantina''.

Angola

Specifically In the musseques (Rural) (Angola) a "cantina" traditionally is a corner shop or bar frequented by the locals where they drink alcohol and eat petiscos (appetizers) some cantinas in Angola are places where people gather to dance or play games.reference:https://canalk.com/como-abrir-uma-cantina-em-angola/

United States

A cantina in the U.S. is simply a tavern with a Southwestern or Mexican motif that serves traditional alcoholic Mexican drinks. In the 1890s, ''cantina'' entered American English from the Spanish language in the Southwest United States with the meaning of " bar room, saloon."

Other

The term ''cantina'' entered the French language circa 1710

See also

*Bar
*Juke joint
* List of public house topics
*Mos Eisley
*Prison commissary
*Public house
*Tavern

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