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new Metbar blends a cafe

English translation: It is a combination of a café, restaurant and cocktail bar


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English term or phrase: new Metbar blends a cafe
English translation:It is a combination of a café, restaurant and cocktail bar
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15:04 Aug 30, 2010
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English term or phrase: new Metbar blends a cafe
The hotel’s stylish, new Metbar blends a cafe, restaurant and cocktail bar to form a truly urban venue.
elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 03:25
It is a combination of a café, restaurant and cocktail bar
Explanation:
It is also a play on words as a blender is a piece of kitchen or bar equipment used to liquidise or emulsify food or drink. Cocktails are also blended, though not necessarily in a blender.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-08-30 16:22:21 GMT)
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And, of course, one can have various blends of coffee (different mixes of beans).
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 03:25
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2It is a combination of a café, restaurant and cocktail bar
B D Finch
5The Metbar is a café, restaurant and cocktail bar combined
Sheila Wilson


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
new metbar blends a cafe
The Metbar is a café, restaurant and cocktail bar combined


Explanation:
It isn't the clearest way to say it, that's sure.

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-08-30 15:11:46 GMT)
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To give a fuller explanation if needed, this hotel has a stylish place where you can get food and drink. It's called "Metbar" and it serves snacks (like a café), full meals (like a restaurant) and a full range of alcoholic drinks (like a cocktail bar).

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 02:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: Other than "stylish", the description would of course fit a lot of pubs! But they couldn't very well say "the Metbar provides snacks, meals and cocktails - just like Wetherspoons." // Agree - me too - that was just an aside.
41 mins
  -> I agree, but this is a monolingual question so I was explaining what it meant - it's for the Asker to decide how to word it in whatever language he's using
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
new metbar blends a cafe
It is a combination of a café, restaurant and cocktail bar


Explanation:
It is also a play on words as a blender is a piece of kitchen or bar equipment used to liquidise or emulsify food or drink. Cocktails are also blended, though not necessarily in a blender.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-08-30 16:22:21 GMT)
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And, of course, one can have various blends of coffee (different mixes of beans).

B D Finch
France
Local time: 03:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
35 mins
  -> Thanks Jack
agree  Alexandra Taggart: "to blend elements" - is typically found in the interior designer's language
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Alexandra. Indeed, but in this context the play on words is evident.
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