Key:real_fire
 real_fire
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Used to identify pubs/bars which have a real fire: a wood or coal fireplace or stove you can sit around for ambiance and enjoying direct heat. 
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Used in conjunction with amenity=pub or amenity=bar to indicate that the establishment contains a real fire. It's a place where you can go if you enjoy that kind of ambiance.
This key is particularly significant in Britain and Ireland where aspects of the ambiance of pubs and bars have long been widely documented. The WhatPub? proprietary database run by CAMRA (a campaigning organisation protecting traditional beer and pubs) has included real fire as one of a number of specific properties of pubs, for instance 100491143
100491143 documented here. As this type of information is now widely expected to be available by pub-goers in these countries it is important that such information can be collected in a free and open database such as OSM.
Note that this tag is about stoves and fireplaces that people can gather around for ambiance. It's not necessarily for a venue's central heating system (although it might also have that role).
How to tag
real_fire=yesreal_fire=fireplaceOpen fire in a hearth/fireplace.real_fire=stoveEnclosed fire. It's recommended to also addreal_fire:visiblesince this is a determining factor for coziness.real_fire=no
real_fire:visible=yesSome stoves have a window through which you can see the fire. (This is the default for fireplaces.)real_fire:visible=no
real_fire:fuel=woodreal_fire:fuel=coal
Pellet, gas and oil stoves provide less ambiance and as such are not considered "real fires". If you want, you can tag them with:
real_fire=no(to remain compatible with the initial real_fire definition)real_fire:fuel=gasreal_fire:fuel=oilreal_fire:fuel=pelletsCompressed sawdust. Better for the environment, but less ambiance than a wood fire.
Rendering
SomeoneElse has documented how he renders this, and other aspects of pub ambiance and accessibility, on his customised CartoCSS style.
See also
Photos
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Big fireplace in a ski resort hotel in Switzerland -
Small coal fire (with fireguard) in a pub -
London OpenStreetMap pub meet-up with a small wood burner in the background
