The question here is: "What do the Standards require for counters in food service lines?" ![]() There are requirements for specific types of counters (Sales & Service Counters) and surfaces that may include counters (Dining and Work Surfaces), but not for counters in general. While the previous version of ADAAG included a blanket requirement specifically for counters, the new standards do not. They are a type of service counter because they fall under Section 904, although the section does not require that they comply with the counter height requirements for service counters they indeed function as a work surface (as some have noted) because customers must often place items on a food service counter and perform some activity (mustard on a hotdog cream in a coffee etc.), but they do not appear to be considered a work surface by the Access Board or the Standards (and if they were, they would require front approach and knee clearance, which would be untenable in most food service lines). Every one of them have counters that match the ones in this discussion: counters with napkins, condiments, straws, cups, cup holders, etc., counters with coffee dispensers, ice cream, prepared food, etc. I have inspected thousands of quick service restaurants and convenience stores in the last decade.
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