Editing Menu (section)

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[[File:Menu of Fatto a Mano Pizzeria, North Laine (desserts).jpg|thumb|Menu showing a list of desserts in a [[pizzeria]]]]
In a restaurant, the '''menu''' is a list of food and beverages offered to the customer. A menu may be à la carte – which presents a list of options from which customers choose, often with prices shown – or [[table d'hôte]], in which case a pre-established sequence of courses is offered. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to the diners, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or put on a digital screen. Since the late 1990s, some restaurants have put their menus online.

Menus are also often a feature of very formal meals other than in restaurants, for example at weddings. In the 19th and 20th centuries printed menus were often used for society dinner-parties in homes; indeed this was their original use in Europe.