OurMenu wants to let you order from your phone at your table instead of talking to a waiter, and without downloading an app.
Then who the hell is that?' Later, a waiter went over without my knowing it and said, 'You seem so, uh, passionate about food, Mr. Hudsucker, are you in the business?' And he said, 'What business?' And the server said the food business.
It's probably just as well that Alford doesn't tell her about "Touch the Waiter," a private amusement in which he vies with tablemates to see who can touch a waiter the most often without the waiter becoming aware of it.
Without comment, a waiter plops a plate on the table with a half dozen toothpicks poking up out of a tomato sauce.
The spring chicken, which is first bound in mesh and marinated overnight, emerged from the kitchen looking like a pair of boccie balls and accompanied by a mysteriously round poached egg under a froth of "pumpernickel jus" — impossible to figure out without consulting a waiter, but delicious, and full of distinct mix-and-match flavors.
But Lucie Wrightson, a 20-year-old Manchester University student who worked at rival Italian chain Zizzi to top up her student loan, said the life of a waiter or waitress is hard enough without trying to introduce romance to the restaurant.
You can tweak the lighting, joust at Battleship, and when your meal is over, you can pay quickly, without waiting for a waiter.
My tardy friend overheard several young women ask a waiter if the vault could be breached without a reservation.
You go with Rob Perrillo, C.A.A.?" If agent Bonnie Klein happens to show up without Laurie Masters on her arm, a waiter is likely to say to her, "Watch out.
