Bares de tapas

Question

I have two phrases that I would like to be translated if anyone can offer that aid to me. Here they are;

 1.  Muchas veces vamos a bares de tapas.

 2.  Es muy divertido ir de bar en bar comiendo tapas.

I have a general knowledge of what they mean but outside of that I am lost. Exact translations are what I am looking for. Thanks very much for any answers. :D

EDIT: I know that the first one means something along the lines of, "Many times we go to someplace of Tapas." And that the second means, "Its a lot of fun to go to the something in something to eat Tapas.

Bump. - Randal85, Nov 23, 2009

Answer 1

We often go to snak bars.

It is a lot of fun going from bar to bar eating appetizers.

tapas = appetizers

bares de tapas = snack bars

Answer 2

1. Muchas veces vamos a bares de tapas.

2. Es muy divertido ir de bar en bar comiendo tapas.

In New Yor, at any rate, one would say "Many times we go to tapas bars." or "We go to tapas bars a lot."

"It's fun to go from bar to bar eating tapas." (this one is less likely, because, although there are tapas bars, there aren't a lot of tapas bars (so it can be difficult to go "from bar to bar"). We also have "Tapas restaurants" (drinks may/may not be available) where the emphasis is on smaller (but more numerous) plates (what the French call "menus des degustation").

In my experience "snack bars" is not used in the U.S. to refer to places that serve alcoholic beverages; they're more like "sandwich shops". "bares de tapas", on the other hand (at least in Spain) always serve drinks (wines, anyway).