Restaurant and menu format and method
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1. A restaurant format comprising:
- a menu which lists a plurality of food selections, and which includes one or more diet indicators for each food selection indicating which of several diet and nutrition plans with which said food selection may be prepared for compliance;
a kitchen system which prepares said food selection in accordance with a customer'"'"'s selected diet and nutrition plan;
so that a customer may be presented with said food selection prepared in a manner compliant with a diet and nutrition plan selected by said customer.
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The present invention is a restaurant and menu format, and a method for organizing and operating a restaurant. The menu of this invention includes information about each food selection concerning that item'"'"'s compliance with certain diets and diet types. With this information, a customer may eat out and remain on the dietary or nutritional plan of his/her choice. With the customers'"'"' selection of a food item, the kitchen of the restaurant may prepare the food item by selecting ingredients, cooking methods, and side dishes in compliance with the selected diet or nutrition plan.
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1. A restaurant format comprising:
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a menu which lists a plurality of food selections, and which includes one or more diet indicators for each food selection indicating which of several diet and nutrition plans with which said food selection may be prepared for compliance;
a kitchen system which prepares said food selection in accordance with a customer'"'"'s selected diet and nutrition plan;
so that a customer may be presented with said food selection prepared in a manner compliant with a diet and nutrition plan selected by said customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A menu format comprising:
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a menu for a restaurant which lists a plurality of food choices, and which includes one or more diet indicators for each food selection indicating which of several diet and nutrition plans by which said food selection may be prepared and with which said food selection will be in compliance with;
so that a customer may be presented with said food selection prepared in a manner to be compliant with a diet and nutrition plan selected by said customer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of organizing a restaurant food selection, comprising the steps of:
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using a menu that indicates how each item complies with basic categories of diet plans;
combining menu items into meals that comply with said diet plans;
serving lean cuts of meat by default, and preparing said meat in a manner that allows fats to drip away from the meat; and
serving complex carbohydrates by default in all items containing carbohydrates and offering simple carbohydrates only on request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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