Focus on Vocabulary

Chapter 13: Food Service Planning and Design

Backtracking – Occurs when an employee is forced to retrace a path that has already been covered.

Cross-tracking – Two traffic streams forced to cross paths.

Easement – A vertical view of any wall or row of equipment in a restaurant that shows equipment heights, distances between equipment, and placement of shelves and drawers.

Plan view – A horizontal cut (on a drawing or blueprint) showing a side view of a piece of equipment, counter area, or table.

Section – A vertical cut (on a drawing or blueprint) showing a side view of a piece of equipment, counter area, or table.

Service station – A small work island located in a dining room.

Setback – A zoning term referring to a building’s distance from the street.

Work station – A space planned for a specific set of tasks.

Zoning codes – The local regulations that define the type of businesses and buildings allowed in a specific geographic zone.