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title: "Comment by Matt Hanson on \"Cover Count Comes After the Aisles\" | Hashnode"
description: "This rings true from the menu side too. A cover count on its own says nothing about how long people stay, what they order, or what the kitchen can actually turn"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/cover-count-comes-after-the-aisles/6af3d248aeb4f5b83dfeab31/comment/6af46cc0d42fc4906df3fec7"
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Comment [Cover Count Comes After the Aisles](https://hashnode.com/posts/cover-count-comes-after-the-aisles/6af3d248aeb4f5b83dfeab31)

[Matt Hanson](https://hashnode.com/@matthanson)

[2d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/cover-count-comes-after-the-aisles/6af3d248aeb4f5b83dfeab31/comment/6af46cc0d42fc4906df3fec7)

This rings true from the menu side too. A cover count on its own says nothing about how long people stay, what they order, or what the kitchen can actually turn out at that pace. Eighty covers of burgers and shakes is a very different room from eighty covers of slow plated courses — the number only starts to mean something once the menu and the service flow are in the brief with it.