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Tom 's Restaurant in Manhattan was made internationally famous by Seinfeld
Chefs working in a restaurant kitchen at Sugar Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
A restaurant (/ˈrɛstərənt/ or /ˈrɛstərɒnt/; French: [ʀɛs.to.ʁɑ̃] ( listen)) is a business establishment which 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. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of the main chef 's cuisines and service models. Contents * 1 Types * 2 Restaurant staff * 3 History * 3.1 Greece and Rome * 3.2 China * 3.3 Western world * 3.4 United States * 4 Guides * 5 Economics * 5.1 Canada * 5.2 European Union * 5.3 United States * 6 Regulations * 7 See also * 8 Notes * 9 References * 10 Further reading * 11 External links |
Types
Salaama Hut restaurant at a Somali strip mall in Toronto.
Restaurants may be classified or distinguished in many different ways. The primary factors are usually the food itself (e.g. vegetarian, seafood, steak); the cuisine (e.g. Italian, Chinese, Indian, French, Thai) and/or the style of offering (e.g. tapas bar, a sushi train, a tastet restaurant, a buffet restaurant or a yum cha restaurant). Beyond this, restaurants may differentiate themselves on factors including speed (see fast food), formality, location, cost, service, or novelty themes, such as automated restaurants.
Restaurants range from inexpensive and informal lunching or dining places catering to people working nearby, with simple food served in simple settings at low prices, to expensive establishments serving refined food and fine wines in a formal setting. In
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation).
Tom 's Restaurant in Manhattan was made internationally famous by Seinfeld
Chefs working in a restaurant kitchen at Sugar Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
A restaurant (/ˈrɛstərənt/ or /ˈrɛstərɒnt/; French: [ʀɛs.to.ʁɑ̃] ( listen)) is a business establishment which 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. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of the main chef 's cuisines and service models. Contents * 1 Types * 2 Restaurant staff * 3 History * 3.1 Greece and Rome * 3.2 China * 3.3 Western world * 3.4 United States * 4 Guides * 5 Economics * 5.1 Canada * 5.2 European Union * 5.3 United States * 6 Regulations * 7 See also * 8 Notes * 9 References * 10 Further reading * 11 External links |
Types
Salaama Hut restaurant at a Somali strip mall in Toronto.
Restaurants may be classified or distinguished in many different ways. The primary factors are usually the food itself (e.g. vegetarian, seafood, steak); the cuisine (e.g. Italian, Chinese, Indian, French, Thai) and/or the style of offering (e.g. tapas bar, a sushi train, a tastet restaurant, a buffet restaurant or a yum cha restaurant). Beyond this, restaurants may differentiate themselves on factors including speed (see fast food), formality, location, cost, service, or novelty themes, such as automated restaurants.
Restaurants range from inexpensive and informal lunching or dining places catering to people working nearby, with simple food served in simple settings at low prices, to expensive establishments serving refined food and fine wines in a formal setting. In
References: * Gernet, Jacques (1962). Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250–1276. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0720-0. * Kiefer, Nicholas M. (August 2002). "Economics and the Origin of the Restaurant" (PDF). Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly,: pp 5–7. doi:10.1177/0010880402434006. * Spang, Rebecca L. (2000), The Invention of the Restaurant. Harvard University Press * West, Stephen H * "Early Restaurants in America". UNLV Libraries Digital Collections. University of Nevada Las Vegas. Retrieved April 30, 2013. * Fleury, Hélène (2007), "L 'Inde en miniature à Paris. Le décor des restaurants", Diasporas indiennes dans la ville. Hommes et migrations (Number 1268-1269, 2007): 168–73. * Haley, Andrew P. Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880–1920. (University of North Carolina Press; 2011) 384 pp * Lundberg, Donald E., The Hotel and Restaurant Business, Boston : Cahners Books, 1974 * Whitaker, Jan (2002), Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn: A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in America. St. Martin 's Press.