Possible Clues:

• When each dish is charged individually
• With each dish chosen separately
• Item by item
• What's the fare to Paris?
• "I'm ___ and I own this diner"
• (Of menu) listing individual items
• The pick what you please menu
• Having the freedom to choose a material involves skill
• Not the sort of table one may dote on, by the sound of it
• Menu with items indiviually listed and priced