Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland Apr 24, 2013:

I was half way through my reasoning why I would call it an inn anyways in English, while I heard Hells Kitchen in the background, and a word came up, tavern!
Oh boy, aint we a little bit dumb.
A tavern can have an inn as well, but its main business is the bar.

Norskpro Apr 24, 2013:

Kro and krostue My previous definition was of krostue. Here is the definition of kro:
"restaurant eller værtshus der også tilbyder overnatning". So kro is an inn, and krostue is a bar?

Norskpro Apr 24, 2013:

Den Danske Ordbog: "lokale hvor der serveres mad eller drikkevarer i en kro"
So it is not the kro itself, it is part of the kro.

Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland Apr 24, 2013:

Yes and no.
The business as a whole is an inn, but if you were to split the two functions of the in into two separate businesses, you would have a motel and a bar. If the source term were 'kro' alone, there would be little discussion about it, it is an inn, but the source term is 'krostue' and that is a cause for a moment of pause. I still would call it an inn, which reflects the cozy image the text is trying to paint. But strictly speaking, yes, it is the bar of the inn we are talking about.
I doubt we can call it a bistro, because those are far more modern, and a kro is a traditional business in Denmark. I think the intent of the business is to present this traditional image.
Could it be called a pub and still maintain that traditional image?

Christine Andersen Apr 24, 2013:

Sounds a little too formal You could perhaps call it a dining room
A ´kro´ is a traditional, often historic inn where the emphasis is on Danish tradition. Some keep the old-world style, or at least the best of it, and the atmosphere, with antique furniture and decorations from our grandparents´ time, and have old farmng implements and hand tools from country trades etc. decorating the walls and rafters!
The local kro was a meeting place where people came after work for a drink, or where travellers stayed on the way to fairs, or for instance the boatmen who took barges up and down the big river in Jutland stayed at the ones along the river.

The food may be modern, but still on the traditional side - organic local produce imaginatively prepared is popular alongside the traditional dishes that go back for generations.

I would still call it a bar, I think.

See some descriptions of the same types of places in England here
http://www.thegoodpubguide.co.uk/eng/AWARDS/Good-Pub-Guide-C...

Rosica Dimitrova (asker) Apr 24, 2013:

Can this be a "dining hall"?