A dumbwaiter also known as a lazy waiter (Speiseaufzug) in the oldest restaurant in Munich, the Hundskugel, with the hand-pulled cart in the "UP" position and only the rope visible.
What is a dummy waiter? It is a small counter or shelf used in restaurants, cafes, or other food service establishments to keep the critical service equipment and utensils in the same place. It is made of wooden material with drawers, and cupboards.
For those of you unaware of dumb waiters, let us explain ... it's a small lift (most often waist-height) used to bring food up to a restaurant from kitchens below and to take dirty dishes back down from the dining room – a hidden and essential device in almost every mansion, café and restaurant.
The name for the dumbwaiter likely came from its ability to act as a silent servant, using the outdated term “dumb” for someone who does not speak. Spinning shelves to move food between rooms was not the only dumbwaiter innovation Jefferson made at his home of Monticello.
Derived from the elevator world dumbwaiters in the beginning were all manually powered with a rope and pulley system. Today the manual dumbwaiter system is still available and being produced.
The maître d'hôtel (French for 'master of the house'; pronounced [mɛːtʁə dotɛl]), head waiter, host, waiter captain, or maître d' (UK: /ˌmeɪtrə ˈdiː/ MAY-trə DEE, US: /ˌmeɪtər -/ MAY-tər -) manages the public part, or "front of the house", of a formal restaurant.
A dumbwaiter can be a very useful addition in your home and can be used to transport laundry to your basement, food to your dining room, and trash to your garage, depending on where it is installed. A dumbwaiter can be expensive, especially when you pay someone to install it.
Pacifiers have many different informal names: binky or wookie (American English), dummy (Australian English and British English), piece, paci, bo-bo, nookie, teething ring, device, sugar tit, teether, comforter, soother (Canadian English and Hiberno-English), "tsupon" (Filipino Tagalog, and Dodie (Hiberno-English).
A waiter in a café is sometimes called un garçon de café, but French people use the word un serveur much more often, for any type of waiter. A waitress is une serveuse.
The difference between server and waiter is often purely based on the gender of the term. While waiter is always paired with waitress, server is a non-gendered term that can refer to any gender.
It's considered polite to eat what's put in front of you. This also applies in restaurants, where portions are designed to be sufficient for the part of the meal they form. There is no tradition of giving people so much that they have to ask for a doggy bag. This is generally thought to be disgusting and wasteful.
A dumbwaiter is not your typical household convenience, but when you install one, you'll never want to go back. This miniature elevator can take food from the kitchen to the upstairs, and bring the dirty dishes back down. Or, it can take laundry from the bedrooms straight to the laundry room.
Reference: Dumbwaiters are a rare form in America with very few recorded. See Esther Singleton, The Furniture of Our Forefathers, 1916, page 362 for a dumbwaiter owned by Misses Burnett and Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dumbwaiter Elevator Price Considerations. The typical home dumbwaiter cost is between $9,000 and $12,000, depending on its exact specifications. Homeowners can contact us online or by phone to get a free price quote on the cost of a dumbwaiter lift; we can help you find the dumbwaiter that will satisfy your needs.
Dumbwaiters are typically the most economical choice for a lift system. Available in any size configuration up to: 39″ deep x 39″ wide x 48″ high and usually carrying 100-750 lbs. Dumbwaiters can stop at counter height for hand loading or floor level for carts and hand trucks.
A waiter is a male (aka “boy”), and a waitress is a female. If you know their gender. However, it's fine to say “waiter” if you don't, and fine to say “waiters” to refer to a whole group of men & women both. Henry Cooper.
