The New York Times assembled a collection of special terms used by restaurants in NYC to give servers and chefs a heads up on things like VIPs, rush orders, and when the health inspector has entered the building.
You can check out the whole thing here, but the best selection by far comes from the Brooklyn restaurant Gwynnett St.:
Click on the names if you want to see how the music matches up to the code words (and check out the rest of the list here).
[via NYT]
