The head cook,or chef, of a restaurant will tell the head server that the kitchen is out of chicken soup,for example.

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When you are eating at a restaurant, the server may tell you bon apptit, which means good appetite, or enjoy your meal.

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Those who make it a practice to leave extra large tips to a restaurant server may be naturally generous, or perhaps just thought the service was excellent.

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But it does have a huge effect on the bottom line of the restaurant and the server.

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The work had complicated access to the street-corner restaurant, and a server needed hospital treatment in 2006 after she was struck by a rock sent flying by blasting for excavation of the construction site.

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