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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Spatial Aspects of Restaurant.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 18, 2026
	Add new Web site: Interesting Facts - 8 Gratuitous Facts About Tipping.	Emily Rodriguez	Aug 07, 2026
	Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism - Restaurants.	Emily Rodriguez	Feb 25, 2026
	Add new Web site: Academia - Tracking the history of restaurants through the art of painting Resim Sanatıyla Restoran Tarihinin İzinde *Defne AKDENİZ (PDF).	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 03, 2025
	Add new Web site: UNLV Libraries Digital Collections - Menus: The Art of Dining.	Grace Young	Jan 11, 2025
	Add new Web site: Alimentarium - Origins of the restaurant.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 26, 2024
	Add new Web site: Liveabout - A History of the Restaurant.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 25, 2024
	Link and photo added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Oct 27, 2023
	Links and video added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 21, 2023
	Link added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 03, 2023
	Add new Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Spatial Aspects of Restaurant.	Emily Rodriguez	Jan 20, 2023
	Added photos of different types of restaurants.	Kara Rogers	Aug 20, 2021
	Add new Web site: The Balance Small Business - A History of the Restaurant.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 10, 2019
	Add new Web site: National Geographic - Culture - Who Invented the First Modern Restaurant?	Gloria Lotha	Sep 10, 2019
	Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Restaurant.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 27, 2012
	Add new Web site: IIoveindia.com - Restaurant Etiquette And Manners.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 27, 2012
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 31, 2002
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999