[Over drinks, we took in the view of lush foothills and farm terraces. Across the road was a new looking restaurant with an Anglicised name and no terrace outside. As elsewhere across Italy, Bergamo has seen the opening of modish,] new Italian ... They tend to be a ridiculous combination of some Michelin-led story and the fact that, say, footballers dine there. They are targeting the nouveau riche and eating in these places tends to be like eating in a chemist's shop. Let the stars eat bad food alone.

This is not poaching,

We should get some courgette flowers to cook up in one of the restaurants,

[It denied as] ridiculous ... he does not take alcoholic drinks.

Понимаете, бутылка хорошего вина предусматривает хороший разговор. Люди сидят за столиком и разговаривают, и тут одно дополняет другое – без хорошего разговора вино не доставляет удовольствия. А американцы не любят и не умеют разговаривать. Вы заметили? Они никогда не засиживаются за столом. Им не о чем говорить. Они танцуют или играют в бридж. И предпочитают виски. Выпил три стопки – и сразу опьянел. Так что и разговаривать незачем. Да, да, да, сэры, американцы не пьют вина.

The ordinance says a bar is exempted, and a bar is someplace where the primary function is serving drinks. When the voters went to the polls, they knew that; and, in their minds, they knew what was a bar and what wasn't.