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In restaurants, à la carte (/ ɑː l ə ˈ k ɑːr t /; French: [a la kaʁt]; lit. ' at the card ') [1] is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a menu in a restaurant, as opposed to table d'hôte, where a set menu is offered. [2] It is an early 19th century loan from French meaning "according to the menu". [3] [4]
A La Carte was a pop-disco girl group formed in 1978, and based in Germany. [1] Producers Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann helped with the start up of the group. The trio originally included three British girls: Patsy Fuller , Julia and Elaine.
short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1] à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu"; In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes "à la carte" rather than a fixed-price meal "menu". In America "à la Carte Menu" can be found, an oxymoron and a pleonasm. à propos
À la carte is a French expression meaning "from the card", and is used in restaurant terminology. A la Carte may also refer to: A La Carte (group), a German disco trio formed in 1978; A la Carte (Triumvirat album), 1978; À la Carte (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung album), 1984; A la Carte (Kenny Burrell album) À la carte, a 2002 EP by Fujifabric
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.
Cafeteria Catholic, also called à la carte, is an informal term used to describe a follower of Catholicism who dissents from certain official doctrinal or moral teachings of the Catholic Church. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Polling indicates that many Catholics dissent from the institutional hierarchy on at least one issue.
A la carte pay television (from the French à la carte, "from the menu"), also known as pick-and-pay, [1] is a pricing model for pay television services in which customers subscribe to individual television channels. This approach contrasts with the prevailing bundling model, where channels are grouped into packages offered on an all-or-nothing ...
The À la Carte Restaurant, on board the RMS Olympic, very similar to her sister ship, the Titanic. Gatti was already running the À la Carte restaurant on the RMS Olympic, and because of its success, Titanic ' s À la Carte was even larger, able to seat over 150, with over 60 staff, mostly Italian and French, all employed directly by Gatti, who ran these restaurants as concessions.