722511 — Full-Service Restaurants

Description

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e., waiter/waitress service) and pay after eating. These establishments may provide this type of food service to patrons in combination with selling alcoholic beverages, providing carryout services, or presenting live nontheatrical entertainment.

Exclusions & Cross-References

• Providing food services where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating, other than
• mobile food services, cafeterias, grill buffets, buffets, and snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars--are
• classified in U.S. Industry 722513, Limited-Service Restaurants;
• Preparing and serving meals for immediate consumption using cafeteria-style or buffet serving equipment,
• known as cafeterias, grill buffets, or buffets--are classified in U.S. Industry 722514, Cafeterias, Grill
• Buffets, and Buffets;
• Selling a specialty snack (e.g., ice cream, frozen yogurt, cookies, popcorn) or nonalcoholic beverage,
• except from mobile vehicles, for consumption on or near the premises--are classified in U.S. Industry
• 722515, Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars;
• Preparing and serving alcoholic beverages and known as bars, taverns, or nightclubs--are classified in
• Industry 722410, Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages);
• Operating a civic or social association with a restaurant for their members--are classified in Industry

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