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SOS
· abbreviation · kitchen
Sauce on the side — the modifier every server scribbles when a guest doesn't want their plate drowned.
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Back-of-house shorthand for 'sauce on the side.' Server fires it on the ticket, the line plates the protein naked and drops the sauce in a ramekin next to it. Standard modifier in any restaurant with a written ticket system.
“Table 12 wants the carbonara SOS — drop the sauce in a two-ounce ramekin.”
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Military-derived kitchen slang for 'shit on a shingle' — creamed chipped beef on toast. Older diner and mess-hall usage, still heard in some short-order joints.
“Pop used to order SOS every morning at the diner — chipped beef, white gravy, burnt toast.”
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SOS In A Sentence
Table 12 wants the carbonara SOS — drop the sauce in a two-ounce ramekin.
Pop used to order SOS every morning at the diner — chipped beef, white gravy, burnt toast.
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What does "SOS" mean in a restaurant?
It stands for "sauce on the side" — the modifier a server writes down when a guest doesn't want their plate drowned in sauce or dressing.
How do you use "SOS" in a sentence?
"Table four wants the Caesar with dressing SOS."
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