table talker
noun1
A printed card displayed on a table (e.g. in a restaurant) to advertise goods, services, or events.
- Table talkers […] Overhead banners or streamers […] Wall or window signs […]1963, Wendell Emile Clement, Use and Promotion of Dairy Products in Public Eating Places, page 24:
- Restaurant table talkers: stand-up cards used on restaurant tables to inform customers about where their drinking water comes from (McAllister Springs) and threats to it.1993, American Water Works Association, Symposia on Water Resources Education: A Lifetime of Learning, page 183:
1 more example
- Avoid cluttering a table with too many adornments – such as flowers, candles, salt/pepper shakers, table talker cards.2001, Hospitality, volume 37, numbers 1-11, page 62:
- Related terms
- shelf-talker, table talk