Originally Posted by
wideman
When one asks for water at a casual restaurant (for drinking, not for tea-making), is there typically a choice between tap water and bottled water, or is it usually one or the other? If it's bottled water, are both sparkling (fizzy) and flat water usually available? I'd usually be interested in a birru, but that's not an option for me at the moment.
At the places I usually visit, there is a pitcher of cold water on the counter, along with a stack of glasses, for customer use. It is virtually always tap water with some ice.