I worked in the restaurant business for quite some time and when they used the terms 86'd it was for any menu item that we ran out of. Spinach Salad is 86'd meant we were out of Spinach Salad so don't sell any more. I was told then that 86 is from the mobster Vegas days where they took their hapless victims 80 miles outside of town and buried them 6 feet under ground, thusly they were 86'd. Who knows if that is correct or not but that is what I was told.
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