This article kind of fudges the Black Death and an Italian plague 300 years later, but there were "wine windows" to allow serving without physical contact, and

This article kind of fudges the Black Death and an Italian plague 300 years later, but there were "wine windows" to allow serving without physical contact, and some have been recently put back into service: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/08/10/restaurants-italy-are-reopening-ancient-wine-windows-used-during-plague/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/08/10/restaurants...