chop bar

{{Short description|Eatery in Ghana}}

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A chop bar is a traditional eatery in Ghana{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIsz-PA75b4C&pg=PA80 |title=Postharvest Technology and Commodity Marketing: Proceedings of a Postharvest Conference, 2[9] Nov to 1 Dec 1995, Accra, Ghana|last=Ferris|first=R. S. B.|date=1998|publisher=IITA|isbn=9789781311116}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A7kyAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Chop+Bar|title=Woes of a Kwatriot: Reflections on the Ghanaian Situation|last=Yankah|first=Kwesi|date=1990|publisher=Woeli Publishing Services|isbn=9789964904258}} mostly located in the country's south.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Chop-bar-operators-urged-to-register-and-collect-VAT-85656|title=Chop bar operators urged to register and collect VAT|website=www.ghanaweb.com|access-date=2019-06-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/187582/lets-go-eating-at-a-tema-chop-bar.html|title=Let's Go Eating At A Tema Chop Bar|date=2008-10-22|website=Modern Ghana|access-date=2019-06-10}} In Ghanaian pidgin, to chop, far from cutting, means to eat. It may also mean, in reference to money, to spend or squander. In other words, a chop bar is a place where people chop (i.e. eat). Meals are served in local earthenware bowls and foods are usually eaten at the premises.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09G6AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Chop+Bar%22+-wikipedia|title=The Informal Sector: Women and Development Planning in Africa|last1=Hugon|first1=Philippe|last2=Farrugia|first2=Caroline|date=1989|publisher=Division of Studies for Development, Unesco}} Most of these bars are stocked with local alcoholic drinks with few foreign drinks available. It is a cultural icon of Ghana,{{Cite web|url=http://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/showbiz/news/201409/213377.php|title=It's Easy For A Foreigner To Be Confused By The Words 'CHOP BAR'|last=Online|first=Peace FM|website=www.peacefmonline.com|access-date=2019-06-10}} and is a favourite of the locals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2014/09/25/wonderful-ghanaian-chop-bar-experience-tried/|title=The Wonderful Ghanaian CHOP BAR Experience|date=2014-09-25|website=GhanaCelebrities.Com|access-date=2019-06-10}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTy_ZLaqHlAC&dq=%22Chop+Bar%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT248|title=The Boy in the Oversized Smock: School Memories in Living Color|last=Frimpon|first=Kwame|date=June 2010|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=9781450077590}}{{Cite journal|last1=King|first1=L. K.|last2=Awumbila|first2=B.|last3=Canacoo|first3=E. A.|last4=Ofosu-Amaah|first4=S.|date=2000-07-21|title=An assessment of the safety of street foods in the Ga district, of Ghana; implications for the spread of zoonoses|journal=Acta Tropica|volume=76|issue=1|pages=39–43|doi=10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00087-5|pmid=10913764|issn=0001-706X}}