A limited menu is simply one on
which selections are limited in some
way. Often associated with quickservice
operations or cafes, the limited
menu allows the manager to concentrate
his or her efforts in training, planning,
and calculating food cost or
other menu analyses. Cost control is
one very important benefit available to
operators using limited menus. These
menus do not look different from
those previously mentioned with the
exception of offering fewer choices.
This is not entirely a new concept; a
restaurant in Paris operated from 1729
to the 1800s offering only one menu
item, chicken, cooked in several ways.