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There are various types of restaurants. Restaurants fall into several industry classification based upon menu style, preparation methods and pricing. Additionally, how the food is served to the customer helps to determine the classification.
Historically, restaurant referred only to places that provided tables where one sat down to eat the meal, typically served by a waiter. Following the rise of fast food and take-out restaurants, a retronym for the older "standard" restaurant was created, sit-down restaurant. Most commonly, "sit-down restaurant" refers to a casual dining restaurant with table service rather than a fast-food restaurant where one orders food at a counter. Sit-down restaurants are often further categorized as "family-style" or "formal".
In British English, the term restaurant almost always means an eating establishment with table service, so the "sit-down" qualification is not usually necessary. Fast food and takeaway (takeout) outlets with counter service are not normally referred to as restaurants. Outside of North-America the terms Fast casual-dining restaurants, Family style, Casual dining, Fine dining are not used. Junk food establishments would also not often be refered to as a restaurant.
General types
Fast-food restaurants
Fast-food restaurants emphasize speed of service and low cost over other considerations. A common feature of newer fast-food restaurants that distinguishes them from traditional cafeteria is a lack of cutlery or crockery; the customer is expected to eat the food directly from the disposable container it was served in. One popular variation in North America is the deli or delicatessen, offering made-to-order sandwiches and/or salads from behind a counter. Fast-food operations range from small-scale street vendors with carts to franchised mega-corporations like McDonalds.
Fast casual-dining restaurants
A fast casual restaurant is similar to a fast-food restaurant in that it does not read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types+of+restaurants
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