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Category Archives: Dining Etiquette
Fast Food Restaurants: Know What You Want Before Approaching the Cashier
Fast food restaurants do their very best to deliver food fast. People patronize these restaurants because they expect to get their food quickly. Please help the restaurant maintain fast service by having an idea of what you want before you … Continue reading
Buffet Dining Etiquette: When May I Begin to Eat?
When food is served buffet style and you have a seated place setting, you may begin to eat when at least half of the number of guests seated at your table have returned from the buffet. It is not necessary … Continue reading
Restaurant Reservations
If you don’t want to end up on a restaurant’s ‘black list’, you may want to follow these rules. Always be polite when making the reservation. Call the day of the reservation to confirm and eliminate any last minute surprises.Some … Continue reading
Tea Bags and Tea Pots
Tea should be steeped in a pot until it reaches its desired strength and then poured into individual cups. A question I frequently hear when a restaurant server brings a small pot of water and a tea cup to the … Continue reading
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Be Prepared to Order When Dining Out
A restaurant server is very busy and has many tables to tend to. Please be considerate of the server’s time as well as the other dining guests by knowing what you would like to order when the server asks. If … Continue reading
Cooling Your Soup
Last night, I was enjoying dinner at a lovely restaurant when I noticed the man at the table adjacent to mine blowing on his soup to cool it. The man was a little too enthusiastic with his task because he … Continue reading
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Someone Is Using Your Bread Plate – Dining Etiquette
The rules of etiquette are there to make others feel comfortable in social and business settings. If you are in the presence of someone who breaks an etiquette rule, do not embarrass them by pointing out their mistake. Instead, use … Continue reading
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Dinner Is Ruined
It can happen very easily. You might read the recipe incorrectly, become distracted while cooking, or forget to set the timer to remind you to take something out of the oven. No matter how it happened, ruining a meal when … Continue reading