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Restaurant Etiquette

9 Things That Will Make A Waiter Spit In Your Food

TruTV.com | Posted 07.16.2012 | Weird News

Nobody wants to be the customer everyone hates, but at one point or another, you probably have been. From taking too long to order to from insistin...

5 Signs You've Picked A Bad Restaurant

Food & Wine | Posted 04.17.2012 | Home
Food & Wine

You'll be confronted with a whirlwind of new and unfamiliar dining options hungry for business. Burgers and meatballs will fly, but keep alert and you can avoid the most tragic meals.

How To Behave In Restaurants

TIME | Posted 08.22.2011 | Home

I can't pretend to be the most elegant of men. My manners, as you would expect of any zealot, are half feral at best....

Trymaine Lee

Newark Etiquette Classes Lift Lives, One Place Setting At A Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 08.20.2011 | Impact

NEWARK, N.J. -- J. Wesley Tann spent much of his life traveling the world, gallivanting among the most fashionable sets and cavorting with the elite. ...

How To Split The Check At A Restaurant

The Awl | By Neel Shah on March 8th, 2011 | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Eating dinner with a group of people at a restaurant can be fun. You know what's not fun? Trying to figure out who owes what when the check comes--whe...

iPads In Restaurants: Rude Or Great Parenting?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

I'd like my kids to get used to the fact that in the real world there will not always be something specifically intended to entertain them. Except now there is.

Elaine of Elaine's on Dining, Wining and Whining

Yvonne Durant | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Yvonne Durant

Don't even try dropping Elaine's name in your quest for what you think is a better table.

Is Splitting The Check For Teenagers?

bonappetit.com | Andrew Knowlton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Dear BA Foodist, I was dining out for a friend's birthday, and our group was having a great time...until the check arrived. Not everyone had cash, t...

The Death of Dinner?

John McDonald | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
John McDonald

Pre-mobile phone era, we called each other "at home," made dinner plans, arrived at the restaurant on time, and proceeded to engage in un-interrupted eating, drinking and conversation with friends.

More Restaurant Pet Peeves

Andrew Knowlton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Andrew Knowlton

After I posted my top five restaurant service pet peeves, readers quickly chimed in with their own dining out dislikes. Many took issue with one of m...

Mom Was Wrong: It's OK To Eat With Your Hands

Andrew Knowlton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Andrew Knowlton

If a restaurant, no matter how starchy the table linens, decides to carry a food traditionally eaten with your hands, then by all means use your hands.

3 Rules for Camera-Happy Diners (aka Food Bloggers)

Andrew Knowlton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Andrew Knowlton

Dear BA Foodist: Isn't it time for restaurants to step in and ask diners to cool it with the mid-meal photography? I know everyone loves playing foo...

Tell Us: What Should Restaurant Diners Never Do?

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Meathead

The New York Times has published the "100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do." Clearly this is a contentious relationship. Now it's time to turn the tables.

How To Overcome Everyday Disasters

Prevention | Cathy Alter and Holly C. Corbett | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Not all setbacks are of epic proportion. Often, all it takes is a casual insult or silly faux pas to knock you off course. Those trip-ups can snowba...

Restaurant Etiquette 101

cnn.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Here are some strategies for dining out, from scoring a table to sending back food. Problem: The restaurant is fully booked. Solution: Put yourself ...