Tips on waitresses worth remembering

With the release of "Waitress," the movies once more go back behind the formica counter. We've been here before, from the smelly aprons, to the slang ("Adam and Eve on a raft!"), to the fallen arches and lousy tips. If some of the diner films over the years have been rightfully 86ed, the following still hold up as blue-plate specials. -- Ty Burr, Globe Staff

"Waitress" stars (from left) Adrienne Shelly, Cheryl Hines, and Keri Russell.