tableside

[tey-buhl-sahyd]

adjective

1. alongside or at a table, especially in a restaurant.

   tableside dessert trays; a dish prepared tableside.

noun

1. the area around or beside a table.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tableside¹

First recorded in 1850–55; table ( def. ) + side ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The saganaki here is quite delicious and of course served in a theatrical manner, set on fire tableside with shouts of opa!

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The saganaki, set aflame tableside by the waiter, makes for an unforgettable appetizer — and the menu only gets better from there.

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Butter boards, made by slathering softened butter onto wooden cheese boards, have been revamped and rebranded by high-end restaurants as lavish tableside “butter service.”

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The tableside Ziosk emailed me a receipt.

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The best brunches in L.A. include seafood towers at a Virgil Village clam shack, live jazz and bottomless mimosas in Sherman Oaks and tableside cinnamon rolls and Bloody Marys in Brentwood, plus much more.

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