Restaurants are Culture

I'm a bartender. I've worked in restaurants for quite a while now. Over the years i've noticed things that set restaurant work apart from the other various jobs i've had. One is there is a different language. No matter what restaurant you're in the is probably a hispanic person working there. Ponciano is a friend of mine that works in the restaurant with me. I can't understand a word of his English so i insist he that he speaks spanish to me. On the other hand he can't understand my Spanish so he has me speak english to him. I call it kitchen spanish. If an outsider walked into our conversation he or she wouldn't understand a sentence but we are very clear on what one might need from the other.

Food is a Culture on it's own. To me there are only two things that need to be present to indentify a culture as it's own. Unique art and a common language. Restaurants satisfy both.