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Few things canderail a fantasy meal-Especially a business meal - like getting stuck with the worst seat seat of the house. If you have already been stuck in a table by the waiting station, at the door, or the bathroom, you know exactly what I'm talking about. But fortunately, there is a flip side. With a little extra planning, you can mark the best seat of the house. The question remains: what seat is it?

Now, while many refined dining experts say you should always give up tables and plop yourself at the bar for the best restaurant experience - everyone from theThe Wall Street newspaper culinary maestroDavid Chang swear by practice - we are here to tell you that there are, in fact, a better seat to score: one at the chef's table.

According toData Of the National Restaurant Association, a place at the chef's table - the counter-style style eater directly in front of a small kitchen, where you can attend the culinary workforce at work - is far from the most desirable seat From the house: 42% of the guests would choose to sit at the table of a chef. This number jumps 53% in the age group of 18 to 34 years of the desired. The reason these seats are so popular? Simply put, they made mealsamusing.

"The guests like the experience because they are treated in scenes behind the scenes of the action in our kitchens and a visit to the table by our incredibly talented chefs, who transmit the passion they put in each dish", ExplainKim Giguere-Lapine, Vice President of the Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, a collection of high-end steak houses based in the American.

"It's about making the fun and exciting meal, rather than grasping something to eat," saysRobert GersteckerThe executive chief of Park 75, a refined restoration facility in Atlanta.

To mark a seat, you will need a reservation. And, although youcan Mark these enviable reservation applications such as OpenTable and Resy, typing in the "Instructions" box that you want a seat at the chef's table, nothing guarantees that you will get the exact seat you want. (If you go this road, Resy is your best choice. You put money on seats, as opposed to OpenTable, which offers free bookings. This deposit can ensure better seats, but again, it is not is not guaranteed.) The old road: Take the phone.

However, if your goal is to see and being seen, the best seat of the house is definitely not at the chef's table, where you are far from the action of the main dining room. You will find that the place at the restaurant table (that each fancy restaurant is guaranteed.

The food table changes the restaurant to the restaurant, of course, but it always shares a few common traits. "It will never be in the middle, where people are walking around you"Marco Maccioni, owner of the power of New York Mecca the circus, said once saidBloomberg BusinessWeek. It will invariably be a cabin, fixed against the wall and a complete view of the restaurant restaurant. It will generally be high in a certain way ... "It's like medieval times, when the king was sitting on an elevated throne," restaurant designerMartin Brudnizki, Also saidBloomberg BusinessWeek-And it will always be round. (If it's rectangular, say restaurant experts, he creates a tension on which is sitting at the head.)

With a small due diligence, you will always be able to look for it. At Michael's Legendary's Legendary's Legendary Whening-Manivraison is the table number 1. At RL in Chicago, it is number 68. At first 112 in Miami, it is number 26.

And to make sure your host welcomes you in one of them, simply knowHow to buy the best place at any restaurant. And while you're there, brush on the19 fancy menu phrases that everyone should know.

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