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Eighty Six
Eighty six is to refuse to serve an unwelcomed customer at a bar or restaurant. It may have derived from Chumley's Bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village NYC.

This is from a website visitor:
I have a problem with your terminology of the words eighty six. I am a student in the Culinary field and would like to let you know that term also means to refuse service, but it also means the restaurant is out of and object in the kitchen. like the Fillet is 86'd. or the soup is 86'd.