86 (term)

Eighty-six or 86 is American English slang used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment, or referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises.

[1] The term eighty-six was initially used in restaurants and bars according to most late twentieth-century American slang dictionaries.

[2] It is often used in food and drink services to indicate that an item is no longer available or that a customer should be ejected.

[2] According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, it means to "refuse to serve (a customer)", to "get rid of" or "throw out" someone or something.

"[4] As a transitive verb derived from the noun, it means "to eject or debar (a person) from premises; to reject or abandon".

The address of Chumley's—86 Bedford Street, West Village —is one of several origin stories of the term