According to businessman Charles Allen, mayor of the Olympic village, both
the food on offer and the surroundings in which it is served have been
designed to give overseas visitors a taste of the real Britain. "If you
look around, it does feel like London – it does feel like Hyde Park," he
said. "[People will be] having British street food; they'll be having
fish and chips, they'll be having burgers… And then there's the whole
thing about effectively having a British pub."
Ah, the pub. While
the village's Globe centre does indeed have pool tables, live music and
rockaoke, it differs from the typical boozer in one quite key respect:
look along the shelves behind the bar and you'll find only two
refreshment options: Coca-Cola and Powerade.
Athletes looking for a
little alcoholic aid in making temporary friends will instead have to
rely on charm, superior musculature and medals. (from the Guardian)
If nothing else the village will be a safe place. No fighting, no arguing, no embarrassing behaviour, no vomitting... no alcohol.
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