The proposed protocol maintains three different types of table: a PU information table (PIT), a reservation information table (RIT), and a contention information table.
They arrive at a swanky Manhattan restaurant named Claw here they clearly have no chance of getting a table without a reservation, and Phil decides on the spur of the moment to nab a table belonging to an absent couple called the Tripplehorns, despite the misgivings of his wife.
For a table, make a reservation well ahead.
Like the rest of the city that weekend, it was busy but not overly so, and I managed a table without a reservation.
There are only 20 tables, so a reservation is a good idea.
Chuck Templeton, a local entrepreneur who founded Open Table, a restaurant-reservation site, is unfazed.
As Mr. Canner spoke to me on the telephone last Wednesday around noon, he began surfing the Web site of Open Table, an online reservation system, and found that several highly acclaimed, steadfastly popular restaurants — including Chanterelle — could take a twosome that very night at the prime time of 7 30.
For a view of Branford's bustling center, request a front table when making a reservation.
You can find a table without making a reservation as far in advance as you often have to in cities that draw a greater number of gastronomic pilgrims.
The place was so popular that we waited an hour for our table, despite having a reservation.
"An online ordering or a table reservation thing is a separate business.
