Restaurant construction system
First Claim
1. A restaurant construction system comprising:
- (A) a building having a first floor;
(B) a first plurality of tables and chairs with a telephone at each table on said first floor;
(C) said building also having a second floor comprising a terrace supported along three sides of said building and directly over some of said first plurality of tables and chairs on said first floor, and forming an atrium between said terrace and the fourth side of said building;
(D) a second plurality of tables and chairs with a telephone at each table on said terrace; and
(E) an order-taking post supported along the fourth side of said building above said first floor and extending into said atrium;
(F) whereby an order-taking person in said order-taking post is in view of a plurality of tables on said first floor including those beneath said terrace, and also in view of a plurality of tables on said terrace, so that the order of a patron at a table on either said first floor or said terrace can be taken over the telephone from said order-taking post while the order-taking person is in view of the patron.
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Abstract
A restaurant construction system comprising a building having a first floor. A second floor consists of a terrace on three sides of the building forming an atrium between the terrace and the fourth side of the building. Both floors have dining tables and chairs with a telephone on a console on each table. An order-taking post is supported along the fourth side of the building slightly higher than the second floor terrace level and extends into the atrium so that substantially all of the tables on the first floor including those beneath the terrace as well as substantially all of the tables on the terrace can be seen. Thus an order-taking person with a telephone in the order-taking post can see a patron at any of the tables while taking his or her order over the phone, and enter the order on an input terminal of a fine dining restaurant computer system. The bar is positioned below the order-taking post. An outward extension of the fourth side of the building along the order-taking post permits a person in the order-taking post to identify patrons at the entrance. A video camera mounted on the outside of the fourth side of the building views the license plates of cars at the entrance of the restaurant, with its video display at the order-taking post.
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44 Claims
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1. A restaurant construction system comprising:
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(A) a building having a first floor; (B) a first plurality of tables and chairs with a telephone at each table on said first floor; (C) said building also having a second floor comprising a terrace supported along three sides of said building and directly over some of said first plurality of tables and chairs on said first floor, and forming an atrium between said terrace and the fourth side of said building; (D) a second plurality of tables and chairs with a telephone at each table on said terrace; and (E) an order-taking post supported along the fourth side of said building above said first floor and extending into said atrium; (F) whereby an order-taking person in said order-taking post is in view of a plurality of tables on said first floor including those beneath said terrace, and also in view of a plurality of tables on said terrace, so that the order of a patron at a table on either said first floor or said terrace can be taken over the telephone from said order-taking post while the order-taking person is in view of the patron. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A restaurant construction system comprising:
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(A) a building having a first floor; (B) a first plurality of tables and chairs with a telephone at each table on said first floor; (C) said building also having a second floor comprising a terrace supported along three sides of said + building and forming an atrium between said terrace and the fourth side of said building; (D) a second plurality of tables and chairs with a telephone at each table on said terrace; and (E) an order-taking post supported along the fourth side of said building and extending into said atrium; (F) whereby an order-taking person in said order-taking post is in view of a plurality of tables on said first floor including those beneath said terrace, and also in view of a plurality of tables on said terrace, so that the order of a patron at a table on either said first floor or said terrace can be taken over the telephone from said order-taking post while the order-taking person is in view of the patron; and (G) a bar on the first floor of said building positioned under said order-taking post. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A restaurant construction system comprising:
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(A) a building having a first floor adapted to support tables and chairs; (B) said building also having a second floor comprising a terrace adapted to support tables and chairs directly over a portion of said first floor and forming an atrium between said terrace and one side of said building; and (C) an order-taking post extending into said atrium and supported above said first floor along said one side of said building at a height providing a direct view of tables and chairs on said terrace and a direct view of tables and chairs on said first floor which are beneath said terrace.
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44. A restaurant construction system comprising:
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(A) a building having a first floor; (B) a first plurality of tables and chairs with a telephone at each table on said first floor; (C) said building also having a second floor comprising a terrace directly over a portion of said first floor and forming an atrium between said terrace and one side of said building; (D) a second plurality of tables and chairs with a telephone at each table on said terrace; and (E) an order-taking post supported above said first floor along said one side of said building and extending into said atrium; (F) whereby an order-taking person in said order-taking post is in view of a plurality of tables on said first floor including those beneath said terrace, and also in view of a plurality of tables on said terrace, so that the order of a patron at a table on either said first floor or said terrace can be taken over the telephone from said order-taking post while the order-taking person is in view of the patron.
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