Do you know what that little window is called in restaurants where the waitress passes the cook orders and the cook passes the waitress food?
Posted by JeanneT (Member # 5709) on :
I think they're known by the rather utilitarian name of "pass through windows."
Posted by Badger (Member # 3490) on :
I think it's called a serving hatch. Or is it service hatch... Or maybe that's just England.
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Posted by wetwilly (Member # 1818) on :
My guess is something along the lines of "the little window the cook passes the food through."
Posted by Wastrel (Member # 6532) on :
Window - A shelf, usually heated and connected to the kitchen, upon which the food is placed after preparation and awaiting delivery to the table.
In my fifteen years of experience in the industry at various levels, it was always called the "pass through" in every restaurant I worked in.
Posted by debhoag (Member # 5493) on :
Thanks. Pass through it is. Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
They are called Take-out or Service Windows.
[This message has been edited by InarticulateBabbler (edited October 03, 2007).]
Posted by debhoag (Member # 5493) on :
service window is exactly the descriptive word I want. If a waitress is standing in the kitchen, peering at a customer through the service window, people will know exactly what I'm talking about. Wonderful as usual, oh groovy Inarticulate One. Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
They are also called "Pick-up Windows". But I liked "Service Window" or "Take-out window" better. I suppose a reader would understand either of them.
Posted by oliverhouse (Member # 3432) on :
I've heard "service window" before, if it matters. More importantly, Google has 31000+ entries for "service window" restaurant and many fewer for "pass-through window" restaurant and its variants.
Posted by HuntGod (Member # 2259) on :
I call it bob...
But Service Window would probably be less confusing.
Posted by debhoag (Member # 5493) on :
yeah, I can see how bob might confuse the uninitiated.
