Thompson, Gary2020-09-122020-09-122002-08-017739504https://hdl.handle.net/1813/71866In general, restaurant tables that can't be pushed together to serve large parties are superior to combinable tables because of the loss of productive time that occurs when combinable tables are placed “on hold” while awaiting adjacent tables to become available.en-USRequired Publisher Statement: © Cornell University. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.restaurant layoutstable configurationsseating arrangementsRevPASHarticle