A busboy is an assistant to a waiter or waitress, mainly specializing in setting and clearing tables in restaurants with table service. A waiter in a resort setting A waiter is one who waits on tables, often at a restaurant or a bar. ... Table service is a form of service in restaurants, pubs, and bars where food or drinks are served to the customers table. ...

At an upscale restaurant, they may bring the introductory foods, for example tortilla chips and salsa in a Mexican restaurant or bread in an Italian restaurant. The busboy may also serve drinks and sweep the floor under the tables. Occasionally, they also perform extra duty for the waiter as an assistant to the waiter. Tortilla chips are small, crunchy tortillas or tortilla pieces that usually have been deep fried, but are sometimes baked. ... Note: This page or section contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

In most smaller family diners, the busboy is responsible for washing the cutlery (also known as silverware in the U.S.) and dishes and stocking the kitchen and waitress stations. The most popular method of organization is for the busboy to be assigned a station, or area of tables, which he or she shall serve. Typically, a busboy receives a fraction (ranging from 10-30%) of the tips from the station in which they worked during their work shift as well as a separate, fixed payment or wage. A diner in Freehold Borough, New Jersey This article is about a type of restaurant. ... Used cutlery: a plate, a fork and knife, and a drinking glass. ... Used cutlery: a plate, a fork and knife, and a drinking glass. ... Leaving some small change on a restaurant table is a common way of giving a tip to the serving staff. ...

Famous Persons who worked as a busboy

• Alec Baldwin, actor, was a busboy at Studio 54, a New York City disco.
• Andy Kaufman, worked as a busboy allegedly in-case something happened to his acting career.
• Ike Barinholtz, actor and comedian on MADtv.
• Dick Cavett, actor and host of The Dick Cavett Show
• Richard Feynman, American physicist and Nobel Laureate, worked as a busboy in his aunt's restaurant in New York in the 1930s
• Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese revolutionary and President, was a busboy in Boston at the Parker House Hotel.
• Nic Newsham, singer for the band Gatsbys American Dream, was a busboy at Billy Mchales, a restaurant in Bellingham, WA
• Raymond Orteig, hotelier.
• Wally Wood, cartoonist
• Jon Stewart, comedian, and host of The Daily Show worked as a busboy at a Mexican restaurant. Stewart has in fact named his production company Busboy Productions
• Jhonen Vasquez, cartoonist
• Langston Hughes, writer & poet ; dubbed the "busboy poet" by journalists after a famed poet read his work on a restaurant table and decided to publish his first compilation.

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Busboys in history and popular culture

• The Coconut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts was started accidentally when a busboy lit a match.
• A band called The Busboys had success with two songs "The Boys Are Back In Town" and "Cleanin' Up The Town" featured in the movie Ghostbusters.
• Busboys are quite common in the works of comic artist Corey Lewis.
• Busboys were portrayed as lazy, habitual cannabis users in the film, "Waiting..." (played by comedian Andy Milonakis and Max Kasch).
• An early Seinfeld episode was centered around a busboy who was fired due to George Costanza's accidental actions.