cookline

plural cooklines

1. A row of appliances for the preparation of hot food in a restaurant kitchen.

   The exhibition-style cookline, wood-burning oven, attached market, and bakery put patrons in the center of the action.

   1998, Christy Casamassima, Restaurant 2000: dining design III

   1 more example

   To accommodate, the cookline is embellished with raw product (whole fish, oysters, prawns) and dried goods (cheeses, breads, rolls) displays.

   1987, Restaurants & Institutions, volume 97, numbers 1-4, page 141