RESTAURANTS (SIC 58121) Establishments primarily engaged in serving prepared food and beverages. Included here are only those establishments in which waiters/waitresses take orders from patrons while the patrons are seated at a counter, booth, or table. They often serve alcoholic beverages. Establishments in which sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises exceed sales of prepared food and nonalcoholic beverages are classified in Drinking Places (SIC 5813).