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Small plates is a manner of dining that became popular in US food service after 2000. Small plates may either refer to small dishes resembling appetizers which are ordered à la carte and often shared, such as tapas , or to the small courses served as part of a more formal meal.
This is a list of restaurant terminology. A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with a running tab. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services .
Following the rise of fast food and take-out restaurants, a retronym for the older "standard" restaurant was created, sit-down restaurant. Most commonly, "sit-down restaurant" refers to a casual- dining restaurant with table service , rather than a fast food restaurant or a diner , where one orders food at a counter .
A bistro or bistrot (/ ˈ b iː s t r oʊ /), in its original Parisian form, is a small restaurant serving moderately priced, simple meals in a modest setting. In more recent years, the term has become used by restaurants considered, by some, to be pretentious. [1]
The restaurant industry in the United States is large and quickly growing, with 10 million workers. 1 in every 12 U.S. residents work in the business, and during the 2008 recession, the industry was an anomaly in that it continued to grow. Restaurants are known for having low wages, which they claim are due to thin profit margins of 4-5%.
Solo Per Due is an Italian restaurant that claims to be the smallest restaurant in the world. It was founded in 1989 by Remo Di Claudio on the former estate of the poet Horace, near Vacone, Italy. As suggested by its name, Just for Two in English, the restaurant seats two people at a single table in a room measuring 400 square feet (37 m 2) in ...
Inside the Twisted Fork restaurant at 400 E. Jefferson St., in downtown Springfield. The owners of the restaurant, which closed June 5, said they'd "love" to find a new location to open at ...
A dive bar is typically a small, unglamorous, eclectic, old-style drinking establishment with inexpensive drinks; it may feature dim lighting, shabby or dated decor, neon beer signs, packaged beer sales, cash-only service, and local clientele. [1] The precise definition of a dive bar is rarely agreed on, and is the subject of spirited debates. [2]