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1. A hospitality environment item, comprising: a plurality of units each arranged side by side so that neighboring ones have surfaces that face each other, each of the units being an underbar furniture/equipment unit selected from the group consisting of an ice bin with cold plate, an ice bin without cold plate, a blender station with a dump sink, a blender station without a dump sink, a step liquor storage display, a hand sink with soap and towel dispenser, a hand sink without a soap and towel dispenser, a drain board, a storage cabinet, a bar sink, a b...
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A hospitality environment item, comprising: a plurality of units each arranged side by side so that neighboring ones have surfaces that face each other, each of the units being an underbar furniture/equipment unit selected from the group consisting of an ice bin with cold plate, an ice bin without cold plate, a blender station with a dump sink, a blender station without a dump sink, a step liquor storage display, a hand sink with soap and towel dispenser, a hand sink without a soap and towel dispenser, a drain board, a storage cabinet, a bar sink, a beer dispenser, a filler board, a filler panel, an equipment stand, a wet waste cabinet, a dry waste cabinet, a wet/dry waste cabinet and an ice bin with soda gun;at least one decorative panel that includes a face bounded by a peripheral edge, the decorative panel having at least one finish selected from the group consisting of laminate, tile, stainless steel, textured stainless steel, bonded metal, solid surface, marble, granite, quartz-based stone, glass, frosted glass, custom graphics, custom logos;retaining means for retaining the at least one decorative panel in a releasable manner to the underbar furniture/equipment unit;concealing means for concealing the peripheral edge of the decorative panel, said concealing means including concealing components that conceal the peripheral edge of the decorative panel; andwherein one of the plurality of units is the step liquor storage display as the underbar equipment/furniture unit, the step liquor storage display having a bottom base, a backwall and two sidewalls extending upright from the bottom base, and a cover having two panels hinged to each other to enable the two panels to swing between folded and unfolded orientations, the cover being positioned in to one of a deployed condition, which closes an open front and an open top of the step liquor storage display with the two panels in the unfolded orientation, and a stowed condition, which places the cover on top of the bottom base bounded by the backwall and the two sidewalls with the two panels in the folded orientation. 2. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein the concealing components include a flange having a bend so that a portion of the flange on one side of the bend covers an associated one of the peripheral edges of the at least one decorative panel and a remaining portion of the flange on another side of the bend covers a peripheral region of a face of the at least one decorative panel that neighbors the associated one of the peripheral edges. 3. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein a further one of the plurality of units has a movable element that is movable between different positions; further comprising a lock assembly secured to the movable element and being movable between locking and unlocking positions, the movable element being locked in a retracted position with the lock in the locked position and being movable between the retracted position and an extended position with the lock in the unlocked position. 4. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein the decorative panel covers substantially an entirety of one of the two sidewalls with a remaining one of the two sidewalls lacking the decorative panel. 5. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein the plurality of units includes the bar sink atop an enclosure, the enclosure containing a storage compartment that stores containers of cleaning solution and provide access from outside to the containers in the storage compartment, a dispenser tube assembly that upon actuation dispenses cleaning solution from the containers into the bar sink. 6. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein a further one of the plurality of units includes at least one movable element movable between different positions, the at least one movable element including a door that swings between fully open and closed positions and at least one drawer that is movable between an extended position with the door swung into the fully open position and a retracted position, the door being able to be swung into the closed position provided the drawer is in the retracted position, the decorative panel being integrated with the door. 7. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein a further one of the plurality of units includes at least one movable element that is a drawer movable between extended and retracted positions, the decorative panel being integrated with the drawer. 8. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein a further one of the plurality of units includes a drawer, further comprising a drawer ice bin supported within and by the drawer, the drawer ice bin including a drain opening. 9. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein the decorative panel includes multiple layers including a finish material, said means for retaining the decorative panel in a releasable manner including formations in the multiple layers. 10. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, further comprising hardware selected from the group consisting of door handles, drawer pulls, hinges, slides faucets, fasteners and integrated lights; a further one of the units having a movable element that is movable between different positions, the movable element being selected from the group consisting of a drawer, a door and a removable cover, the movable element having the formations that are in alignment with the formations of the at least one decorative panel, the hardware being retained to the movable element in the releasable manner via aligned ones of the formations. 11. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein the a step liquor storage display has varying height shelves for storage, and a plurality of rods that extend between the two sidewalls, the cover being dimensioned to fit beneath the rods on top of the bottom base in the stowed condition with the two panels in the folded orientation. 12. The hospitality environment item of claim 1, wherein neighboring ones of the plurality of the units have the surfaces that face each other and are positioned adjacent each other so as to conceal from view the surfaces that face each other, the at least one decorative panel being retained to the units clear of the surfaces that face each other so that the surfaces that face each other all lack the at least one decorative panel. 13. A method of assembling a hospitality environment item, comprising: arranging a plurality of units each arranged side by side so that neighboring ones have surfaces that face each other, each of the units being an underbar furniture/equipment unit,selecting the underbar furniture/equipment unit from the group consisting of an ice bin with cold plate, an ice bin without cold plate, a blender station with a dump sink, a blender station without a dump sink, a step liquor storage display, a hand sink with soap and towel dispenser, a hand sink without a soap and towel dispenser, a drain board, a storage cabinet, a bar sink, a beer dispenser, a filler board, a filler panel, an equipment stand, a wet waste cabinet, a dry waste cabinet, a wet/dry waste cabinet and an ice bin with soda gun;providing the underbar furniture/equipment unit with a movable element that is movable between different positions, the movable element having and being selected from the group consisting of a drawer, a door and a removable cover;retaining at least one decorative panel in a releasable manner to the underbar furniture/equipment, the decorative panel including a face bounded by a peripheral edge, the decorative panel having a finish selected from the group consisting of laminate, tile, stainless steel, textured stainless steel, bonded metal, solid surface, marble, granite, quartz-based stone, glass, frosted glass, customized graphics and customized logos;concealing the peripheral edge of the decorative panel with concealing components that conceal the peripheral edge of the decorative panel;selecting the step liquor storage display as one of the plurality of units, the step liquor storage display having a bottom base, a backwall and two sidewalls extending upright from the bottom base, and a cover having two panels hinged to each other to enable the two panels to swing between folded and unfolded orientations; andpositioning the cover of the step liquor storage display into one of a deployed condition, which closes an open front and an open top of the step liquor storage display with the two panels being in the unfolded orientation, and a stowed condition, which places the cover on top of the bottom base bounded by the backwall and the two sidewalls with the two panels being in the folded orientation. 14. The method of assembling a hospitality environment item of claim 13, wherein the concealing components include a flange having a bend, covering an associated one of the peripheral edges of the at least one decorative panel with a portion of the flange on one side of the bend and covering a peripheral region of a face of the at least one decorative panel that neighbors the associated one of the peripheral edges with a remaining portion of the flange on another side of the bend. 15. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 13, wherein a further one of the units has a movable element that is movable between different positions, the movable element and the at least one decorative panel having openings; further comprising securing the lock assembly to the movable element, the lock assembly being movable between locking and unlocking positions, the movable element being locked in a retracted position with the lock in the locked position and being movable between retracted and extended positions with the lock in the unlocked position. 16. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 13, wherein a further one of the plurality of units has a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two opposite sides, further comprising covering substantially an entirety of at least one of the two opposite sides with the decorative panel, another of the two opposite sides lacking the decorative panel. 17. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 13, further comprising selecting a further one of the plurality of units to be the bar sink atop an enclosure, the enclosure containing a storage compartment that stores containers of cleaning solution and provides access from outside to the containers in the storage compartment, and arranging a dispenser tube assembly that upon actuation dispenses cleaning solution from the containers into the bar sink. 18. The method of assembling the hospitality item environment item of claim 13, wherein a further one of the plurality of units includes a movable element that is a door that swings between fully open and closed positions, further comprising at least one drawer that moves between an extended position with the door swung into the fully open position and a retracted position, the door being able to be swung into the closed position provided the drawer is in the retracted position, the decorative panel being integrated with the door. 19. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 13, wherein a further one of the plurality of units includes a movable element that is a drawer that moves between extended and retracted positions, the decorative panel being integrated with the drawer. 20. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 13, wherein a further one of the plurality of units includes a drawer, further comprising supporting a drawer ice bin within and by the drawer, the ice bin including a drain opening. 21. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 13, wherein the decorative panel includes two layers of laminate, each of the two layers of the laminate differing from each other with respect to the laminate finish, each of the two layers of laminate having respective formations, aligning the respective formations with each other to carry out said retaining the decorative panel in a releasable manner and said concealing the peripheral edge. 22. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 13, further comprising selecting hardware from the group consisting of door handles, drawer pulls, faucets, hinges, slides, fasteners and integrated lights, the underbar/furniture having a movable element that is movable between different positions, the movable element being selected from the group consisting of a drawer, a door and a removable cover, the movable element having the formations that are in alignment with the formations of the at least one decorative panel, and retaining the hardware to the movable element in the releasable manner via aligned ones of the formations. 23. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 13, wherein the step liquor storage display has varying height shelves for storage, and a plurality of rods that extend between the two sidewalls the cover being dimensioned to fit beneath the rods on top of the bottom base in the stowed condition with the two panels in the folded orientation. 24. The method of assembling the hospitality environment item of claim 23, wherein neighboring ones of the plurality of units have the surfaces that face each other and are positioned adjacent each other so as to conceal from view the surfaces that face each other, and retaining the at least one decorative panel to the items clear of the surfaces that face each other so that the surfaces that face each other all lack the at least one decorative panel.
