I got beat up by an office manager about putting the data jacks 3' off the floor but they ended up above the desk and that sure made the road warriors with laptops happy. Sometimes you just need to think like the end user when you are placing receptacles.
In my kitchen (on the dining room side of a peninsula) I ended up with a dummy cabinet front with a door but it was only about 6" deep. I put a receptacle in there, mostly because I needed a splice there and we use it for battery chargers. It ended up being one of out most handy outlets
