Table 6 Characteristics of four restaurant types
| Â | Restaurant type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Sit-down | Take-out | Western fast food | Chinese fast food |
Number of establishments | 100 | 54 | 16 | 34 |
Seating capacity, mean (SD) persons | 81.6 (92.6) | 57.0 (77.6) | 96.4 (95.8) | 103 (128) |
Type of food served | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Vegetarian, vegan, or organic | 1% | 2% | 6% | 0% |
 Dim-sum | 31% | 28% | 69% | 24% |
 Seafood | 17% | 9% | 6% | 26% |
 Noodles | 29% | 35% | 19% | 38% |
 Regional cuisine | 24% | 20% | 0% | 44% |
 Muslim | 1% | 2% | 0% | 3% |
 Buns/pancakes | 10% | 13% | 0% | 32% |
 Deep-fried | 22% | 20% | 38% | 24% |
Drinks | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 None | 15% | 26% | 0% | 21% |
 Soda | 74% | 61% | 100% | 62% |
 Juice | 75% | 67% | 88% | 62% |
 Alcohol | 6% | 35% | 75% | 62% |
 Tea | 47% | 44% | 75% | 35% |
 Coffee | 25% | 20% | 81% | 6% |
 Bottled water | 9% | 11% | 0% | 12% |
 Yogurt | 12% | 6% | 31% | 12% |
 Flavored milk | 15% | 13% | 38% | 9% |
Take out menu available | 8% | 11% | 31% | 3% |
Flyer available | 4% | 0% | 6% | 6% |
Advertisement | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 None | 92% | 94% | 75% | 97% |
 Local TV station | 4% | 4% | 6% | 3% |
 Phone directory | 4% | 2% | 6% | 3% |
 Newspaper | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
Display of business license | 88% | 89% | 75% | 97% |
Website | 4% | 4% | 13% | 3% |
Nutrition information available | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Signs encouraging overeating | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Promotions | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Portion size choices | 37% | 41% | 25% | 35% |
Prices (lowest priced) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Vegetable, mean (SD) RMB | 2.31 (10.2) | 0.93 (2.32) | 8.25 (24.4) | 1.13 (2.31) |
 Meat, mean (SD) RMB | 3.71 (8.35) | 2.50 (6.38) | 5.75 (13.3) | 2.24 (3.92) |