#foh

Diners who squat at a table long after the meal's done.

Front of house — dining room, bar, host stand, anything the guest touches.

The expediter — the person at the pass organising tickets and getting food out.

Bouncing on a restaurant bill without paying.

Suffix for the seat count of a table — two-top, four-top, six-top.

Got no tip.

Clear, reset, and reseat a table at full speed.

The free staff feed cooked and eaten before service.

Sarcastic kitchen shout when somebody drops a tray of dishes.

Shut down server sections and send staff home as the rush dies.

Lunch and dinner back-to-back, one body, no break.

A table for four.

Out — of the dish, of the building, or of a job.

Guest left without paying.

Carry a plated dish from the pass to its table.

Carry plates from the pass to the table.

A table for two.

One full cycle of seat, serve, clear — the unit a restaurant lives or dies by.