Fun with industry jargon...
Just thought I'd share with you some of the jargon, slang, and phrases that exist in both the restaurant and wine business...
Restaurant
86 (eighty-six)-To be out of an item.
"In the weeds"-To be hopelessly behind, either as a server or in the kitchen. See also
"slammed", "buried", "slammed", "swamped"
door whore-host/hostess
front of the house-the dining room and dining room staff
back of the house-kitchen, dishroom, storage, etc. and its staff
crop dust-To fart in another server's section.
monkey dish-A small, shallow bowl/dish for serving "sides".
gooseneck-Similar to a gravy boat
fire-The verbal command to cook a dish. "Fire a salmon dinner on the hook!"
"on the hook"-To "fire" something quickly. It's needed in a hurry.
"on the fly"-see "on the hook"
deuce-a table for two
two-top-see "deuce"
cover- A guest. Also a meal. "I did sixty covers tonight."
comp-A free drink, dessert, etc.
shafted-To receive no tip from a table.
stiffed-See "shafted"
European-see "shafted" or "stiffed"
cut-To let a server leave early.
nuts-Slang for "meatballs" (I don't know if this is universal, but I have first-hand
experience.
double-To work two shifts in a row.
split-shift-To work two shifts in a row with a break between them.
burnout-A condition caused by waiting tables for too many years.
turn over-To have a table leave and seat a new party
"turn and burn"-To get your tables in and out in a hurry so that your section may be re-sat as many times as possible.
special-leftovers
I need a side of "Shut the fuck up!"-Usually a server telling someone on the line (a cook) to shut the fuck up.
asshole-asshole
hell-brunch
hell-Mother's Day
B&B-bread and butter plate
well-done steak-retarded
Pittsburgh Blue-Charred RARE
butterflied-A way to make a steak retarded even quicker.
wear/wearing-To have a sauce on something.
Wine
"This wine is like making love on the beach...it's fucking close to water."
a Mel Brooks wine-"Nice...nice. Not thrilling, but nice." (Taken from History of the World Part I. To describe a very average wine. This is not universal, but exists only at my job.)
corked-A wine is "corked" when it is tainted with TCA (2,4,6-trichloranisole). TCA may occur after cork contact with chlorine (either direct bleaching of corks or acid-rain contact with the cork tree). TCA is harmless but will cause a wine to smell musty, moldy, funky, or like wet cardboard or a wet dog.
Brett-Short for "Brettanomyces". A spoilage yeast found in many wines made at less hygienic wineries. Often found in many French wines. It often makes a wine smell like a barnyard or an elephant's asshole. Many people enjoy the "barnyard" aroma.
Cheers,
Jason
Restaurant
86 (eighty-six)-To be out of an item.
"In the weeds"-To be hopelessly behind, either as a server or in the kitchen. See also
"slammed", "buried", "slammed", "swamped"
door whore-host/hostess
front of the house-the dining room and dining room staff
back of the house-kitchen, dishroom, storage, etc. and its staff
crop dust-To fart in another server's section.
monkey dish-A small, shallow bowl/dish for serving "sides".
gooseneck-Similar to a gravy boat
fire-The verbal command to cook a dish. "Fire a salmon dinner on the hook!"
"on the hook"-To "fire" something quickly. It's needed in a hurry.
"on the fly"-see "on the hook"
deuce-a table for two
two-top-see "deuce"
cover- A guest. Also a meal. "I did sixty covers tonight."
comp-A free drink, dessert, etc.
shafted-To receive no tip from a table.
stiffed-See "shafted"
European-see "shafted" or "stiffed"
cut-To let a server leave early.
nuts-Slang for "meatballs" (I don't know if this is universal, but I have first-hand
experience.
double-To work two shifts in a row.
split-shift-To work two shifts in a row with a break between them.
burnout-A condition caused by waiting tables for too many years.
turn over-To have a table leave and seat a new party
"turn and burn"-To get your tables in and out in a hurry so that your section may be re-sat as many times as possible.
special-leftovers
I need a side of "Shut the fuck up!"-Usually a server telling someone on the line (a cook) to shut the fuck up.
asshole-asshole
hell-brunch
hell-Mother's Day
B&B-bread and butter plate
well-done steak-retarded
Pittsburgh Blue-Charred RARE
butterflied-A way to make a steak retarded even quicker.
wear/wearing-To have a sauce on something.
Wine
"This wine is like making love on the beach...it's fucking close to water."
a Mel Brooks wine-"Nice...nice. Not thrilling, but nice." (Taken from History of the World Part I. To describe a very average wine. This is not universal, but exists only at my job.)
corked-A wine is "corked" when it is tainted with TCA (2,4,6-trichloranisole). TCA may occur after cork contact with chlorine (either direct bleaching of corks or acid-rain contact with the cork tree). TCA is harmless but will cause a wine to smell musty, moldy, funky, or like wet cardboard or a wet dog.
Brett-Short for "Brettanomyces". A spoilage yeast found in many wines made at less hygienic wineries. Often found in many French wines. It often makes a wine smell like a barnyard or an elephant's asshole. Many people enjoy the "barnyard" aroma.
Cheers,
Jason
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