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Buffet table

At any large gathering or social event, such as a wedding reception, bar mitzvah, baptism, family reunion, birthday, outdoor picnic, sporting event, military exercise, etc., food is served at buffet tables, picnic tables, chow lines, or food kiosks. Buffets are one of the most popular forms of restaurants. Buffets typically include many different types of appetizers, salads, entrees and desserts placed in food trays along a buffet table. Barbecues, picnics, cocktail parties, birthday parties and other social gatherings often require guests to obtain food from a buffet table, a barbecue grill or from a server. Spoons or forks are generally provided with each buffet dish. The customer or patron uses the utensils to remove as much food as he or she desires from the buffet dish onto their plate and then places the utensils back into the buffet dish. The patron continues this process throughout the buffet table, and then goes to his or her seat to eat the food using food utensils provided by the restaurant.

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