Originally Posted by
DieselDan
Some restaurants prohibit that kind of behavior. The Outback in this town won't allow it. They'll ask you to leave.
The appetizer route is a great idea. Another thought is to get a to go box when your meal arrives and half it then, saving the leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
If a restaurant didn't want to allow me to split a meal, then I would simply get up and leave, I would then look up the address of the head office, and write a letter telling them how poorly I was treated in that particular restaurant. Such policies are usually local decisions, sometimes from managers, more often from staff. Personally I have never run into this, often restaurants will provide a small plate and an extra fork.