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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do restaurants serve bottomless breadsticks/bread/chips before a meal? I feel as if its counter productive for someone who comes into the restaurant hungry and before ordering they can load up on free carbs, decreasing the desire to order maybe a appetizer/extra food.
gpt
Another good reason (not the only by any means) notice all those things tend to be salty and dry. Restaurants tend to make a lot of their margins on drinks, keep people drinking, keep the tab high. Why do you think free bar snacks are always things like chips, salted nuts etc?