Cantina

{{Short description|Bar}} {{About|the type of restaurant/bar|the type of truck|Food truck}} [[File:Joaquín Agrasot - Mosqueteros sentados fuera de una cantina.jpg|thumb|Musketeers sitting outside a cantina, painted by Joaquín Agrasot, 1885–1890|300x300px]] 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.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/61/72/C0077200.html cantina. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050504050417/http://www.bartleby.com/61/72/C0077200.html |date=May 4, 2005 }}</ref> In Italy, the word ''cantina'' refers to a room below the ground level where wine and other products such as salami are stored.<ref>[http://www.nasoegola.com/ita/shop/dettagli/salame.html Salame di felino - Naso&Gola] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510180102/http://www.nasoegola.com/ita/shop/dettagli/salame.html |date=May 10, 2006 }}</ref>

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

==Types of cantinas== [[Image:Castel del Piano-Arcidosso-Antica cantina per wikipediani.jpg|thumb|upright|An osteria at Castel del Piano, Tuscany]]

===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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/12604863131268282976624/p0000013.htm#I_21_ |title=Hispania [Publicaciones periódicas]. Volume 75, Number 2, May 1992 - Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |publisher=Cervantesvirtual.com |date=2010-11-29 |accessdate=2013-09-16 |archive-date=2016-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109045018/http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/12604863131268282976624/p0000013.htm#I_21_ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Luis de Bávia wrote in his ''Tercera y Cuarta Parte de la Historia Pontifical y Católica'' (1621): "Perdiéndose en las cantinas y lugares baxos [sic] gran número de mercaderías..." ("Losing itself in the cantinas and places of ill repute a large quantity of merchandise...").<ref>''Diccionario de Autoridades. Edición facsímil. A-C. Real Academia Española'' (Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1979), 125.</ref>

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

{{quote|<poem>{{lang|es|Esta cantina revestida en faz; esta vendimia en hábito soez; este pellejo, que, con media nuez,' queda con una cuba taz a taz.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/00361629890036295209079/p0000003.htm#I_440_ |title=Sonetos de Quevedo - Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |publisher=Cervantesvirtual.com |date=2010-11-29 |accessdate=2013-09-16}}</ref></poem>

<poem>This wine-cellar covered with a face; This wine-harvest [clad] in filthy habit; This wine-skin, which, with just a sip, Is happy to exchange it for a [whole] vat.<ref>''Con media nuez'' refers to the Adam's apple, thus making the meaning "just a sip" or "a quick swallow." ''Habito'' is a play on words (habit/custom; and tunic).</ref></poem>}}

===Mexico=== [[Image:Cantina la guadalupana interior.jpg|thumb|Interior of cantina in Coyoacan, Mexico City]]

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etimologias.dechile.net/?cantina |title=Cantina |publisher=Etimologias.dechile.net |date= |accessdate=2013-09-16}}</ref> 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''.<ref>''The People's Guide to Mexico'' (Carl Franz, Avalon Travel Publishing)</ref>thumb|alt=Locals at the bar of the El Nivel cantina|Locals at the El Nivel cantina in Mexico City ===Angola===

Specifically In the ''musseques'' (Rural Areas) 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. <ref>{{Cite web |last=redação |last2=redação |date=2021-08-20 |title=Como abrir uma cantina em Angola em 5 passos |url=https://canalk.com/como-abrir-uma-cantina-em-angola/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Canal K |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

===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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cantina |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |publisher=Etymonline.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-16}}</ref>

=== Other === The term ''cantina'' entered the French language circa 1710.{{Citation needed|date=May 2015}}

==See also== {{Portal|Drink}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *Bar *Juke joint * List of public house topics *Mos Eisley *Prison commissary *Public house *Tavern {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{wiktionary-inline|cantina}}

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