Date:  Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:54:26 -0800

From:  Dan Moonhawk Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: Denny's question reformulated



Out west here in Nevada and Northern California, especially San

Francisco, you can add Basque restaurants to that list of group dining.



> And "family style" means

> you're sharing your food, instead of each ordering different

> things. This can be a way of ordering in a Chinese restaurant,

> or it can apply to some restaurants in the Pennsylvania Dutch

> country, where you tell them how many people you have in your

> group, and they show you seats, and food starts appearing--the

> bill is per person, regardless of whether you personally ate the

> ham, or took thirds on the fried chicken, or decided you wanted

> lemonade.

>

> Vicki Rosenzweig

> vr%acmcr.uucp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]murphy.com | rosenzweig[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]acm.org

> New York, NY

>