D & D (D and D), in professional restaurant lingo, stands for dine and dash. However, it doesn’t refer to customers who are in a hurry and need to get in and out of the restaurant quickly. It’s not a synonym for “eat and run.” Instead, a dine and dash refers to a customer who leaves … Read more
The number 86 is used as a verb in restaurant jargon to mean cancel, get rid of, or discard an item. When something is 86’d, or you are told to 86 it, in a restaurant, it can mean a couple of different things. To 86 a menu item might mean that it is temporarily unavailable, usually because a primary … Read more
If you know your diner lingo, you’ll know that there are a lot of variations on fried egg lingo as well as several types of fried eggs. It seems that some people are having trouble ordering their eggs! I’ll give you a quick reference below. Otherwise, read on to learn everything you never wanted to know about … Read more
Red Lobster restaurants typically serve two options when it comes to Maine vs. Rock lobster tails. Rock lobsters are also known as spiny lobsters. You may notice that the Rock lobster only comes as tails, whereas you can get the Maine lobster as a whole lobster, or as a tail. What is the difference between the … Read more