Inns are found in towns and cities, and along major overland routes.
Inns cater primarily to travellers, offering board and lodging. Most inns also have a stable and a pasture for the steeds of their guests.
Some inns have common rooms reaching through two stories, with a gallery on the second floor offering access to private rooms. The further north one goes, the more rare this is, as they are nigh-impossible to heat in the winter.
The mood of an inn is rather curious. Nobody trusts a stranger, so travellers find little company except at inns. However, the other travellers are strangers, and not to be trusted. Hence, there is an edgy chuminess twixt the travellers in the common room of most inns.
Inns often function as taverns for their local area.
Taverns cater primarily to locals, and deal mainly in beverages. Many also serve food. Most will offer lodging in the common room if this is requested, and quite a few also have a room which may be let. Typical ceiling height for a tavern is 7'.
The typical tavern have a single common room, a back room where drink is kept (often brewed, too) and food prepared, and the tavern keeper and staff's residence on the floor above.
Taverns are the gathering places for local people, most who can drop by their local tavern for a beer or five, at least on Moonday, and many do so every night of the week. Here, people keep up on current events, gossip, tell tales, dance and listen to music. Furthermore, wedding feasts and wakes are often held at the local tavern, which is more spacious than the homes of most people.
Tavernkeepers usually accept payment in kind as well as in coin, and many become pawnbrokers (and fences).
Taverns are derided by pietists for as dens of vice.
People of Status 2 or higher typically seek the hospitality of their equals or betters, and those of less than Status -2 are not welcome nor can they usually afford food, drink or lodging.
Typical Price list
Meals (double prices for dinners)
Rich meal: $8
Fine meal: $4
Average meal: $2
Cheap meal: $1
Scraps: $0.5
Drink (quart)
Posca or poor ale $0.5
Ale or weak wine $1
Beer $2
Wine $3
Fine wine $6-12
Rooms (per guest)
Private $4
Shared (2-10 persons) $2
Common: $1
Extras
Lights (candles, lamp oil, rushlights) for one night $1
Firewood for one small room $4.
Firewood for one large room $8.
Bedwarmer (wench) $1-4.