 It had a typical structure consisting of a wide doorway open to the street, a counter with holes where four jars were set into it (dolia) for food or wine.It had shrines for the Lares (household gods), Mercury (god of commerce) and Bacchus (god of wine), as these were the most important gods for this occupation.Upstairs, there were guest rooms as well, so this may have also been used as an Inn; however, some think that this may have been a brothel due to the names of many women written as a part of an election notice on one of the outsidewalls of the Thermopolium.