Substantial meal

In Soloman v Green (1955), the High Court held that sandwiches and sausages on sticks amounted to a meal under English and Welsh law.

[2] In Timmis v Millman (1965), where Millman and Yarnold had been consuming light ale and stout outside of permitted hours (but within the supper hour extension of the time), the High Court found the sandwiches the pair were eating constituted a "table meal" as they "were so substantial, and assisted by the pickles and beetroot so as to justify that it was a table meal and not a mere snack from the bar".

[6] Summarising the effect of the regulations, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Parliament that "pubs and bars must close unless operating as restaurants".

[17] In Ireland, on 29 June 2020, restaurants and cafés providing on-premises food and drink could re-open subject to social distancing measures and strict cleaning requirements.

Bars and pubs offering table service only were permitted to re-open provided that customers bought a "substantial" meal costing at least €9.