Is 'food court' the correct term?

[Tan Elaine]

Where I live, the place where there are stalls selling various types of cooked food, are called 'food court'.

1. I wonder whether it is the correct term. How do native speakers call a place where cooked food is served?

2. Are there any errors in my sentences?

Thanks.

[SoothingDave]

We call this type of area inside of a shopping mall a food court. There are various places selling food and a common area of tables and chairs for eating.

[Rover_KE]

Where I live, places where there are stalls selling various types of cooked food [delete the comma] are called 'food courts'.

1. I wonder whether it is the correct term. What do native speakers call a place where cooked food is served?

2. Are there any errors in my sentences? I have corrected them.

Thanks.

Rover

[Tan Elaine]

We call this type of area inside of a shopping mall a food court. There are various places selling food and a common area of tables and chairs for eating.

Does the place where you live have food courts which are not inside shopping centres? Where I live, this is a common sight. And we call them 'food courts'. I wonder whether there are such food courts in the US, Britain, Australia and other western countries.

[SoothingDave]

No, we don't have such a thing here. At least not permanently. When there is some event, like a carnival or festival, there are usually booths or other temporary stalls selling various types of food.

In bigger cities, you may have hot dog vendors and similar carts set up on the sidewalks in heavy traffic areas. But not great clusters of such carts in one place.