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Where did "86" come from?

post #1 of 11
1/17/03 at 9:50am
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Anyone know? Where did the term "86" come from?

Kuan
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post #2 of 11
1/17/03 at 10:48am
I'd swear I'd seen a thread on that term here before. The search won't work for this as 86 is not long enough to be a valid search though.

Dictionary.com gives this:

eight·y-six or 86 (t-sks)
tr.v. Slang eight·y-sixed, or 86·ed eight·y-six·ing, or 86·ing eight·y-six·es or 86·es
To refuse to serve (an unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant.

To throw out; eject.
To throw away; discard.


[Perhaps after Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York City.]
more than taste fine
me eat it all the time
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post #3 of 11
1/17/03 at 12:35pm
Hmmm, I seem to recall this thread as well. I have heard the above explaination many times over the years.

But I think Kuan is pulling our legs. He's probably using this as a prelude to firing someone;)
Walk softly, carry a big rolling pin
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post #4 of 11
1/17/03 at 12:46pm
Kaun,

It's in this thread.

http://www.cheftalkcafe.com/forums/s...?threadid=4748
Baruch ben Rueven / Chanaבראד, ילד של ריימונד והאלאן
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post #5 of 11
1/17/03 at 1:10pm
:) AHA!!

Thank You Cape Chef (on Kuan's behalf:rolleyes:) Sorry to butt in,

but while perusing that thread you mentioned Barry Wine and Katy Sparks. I knew that name sounded familiar. The first real chef I worked for was a Barry Wine disciple and formally of Quilted Giraffe. He would go on and on about it, but of course that was WAY ahead of my time and I didn't really get it. I sometimes hear references to Barry and QG, can you tell me anything more? The chef I worked for is now in some heavenly resort in Vail, CO and I plan on using him as a reference on my resume, so I'll be contacting him soon and he would get a kick out of any good stories. Thanks! Maybe a different thread?

:blush: My apologies Kuan.
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post #6 of 11
1/18/03 at 12:55pm
Doesn't it mean 8 feet long, six feet deep like when you bury a coffin?
Food is sex for the stomach.
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post #7 of 11
1/18/03 at 1:46pm
That sounds like a reasonable explaination, chiff, but I've never heard that...
Where'd you get that?
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post #8 of 11
1/19/03 at 5:17am
I may have heard it someplace but in truth, it was the first image that popped into my mind.
Food is sex for the stomach.
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post #9 of 11
1/19/03 at 6:29pm
I agree with Chiff. It's a southern thang. The saloons and food establishments down here used to hire gravediggers to dig the food refuse pits. They dug em 8ft X 6ft.
But ya know the yankees will try to take credit for everything.;)

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post #10 of 11
1/20/03 at 4:10pm
I like this explaination,
no doubt you frequented one of those saloons and/or were a grave digger.:)
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post #11 of 11
2/5/03 at 1:05am
Let's see here.....I recall a story about a resturant that had a back door towards
86 st. I think in chicago,getting tossed out ment getting tossed to 86th. Heck there's a lot of stories but I think Willard Espy (RIP) wrote about it in the book
'Thou Inproper, thou Uncommon noun'.
Don't quote me on it as I haven't read in some time.
Bill
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