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When You Can't Work From Home: This Week in Hospitality
Restaurant Mask Drama
" . . . While guests are allowed to remove their masks at their tables to eat and drink, they're required to wear facial coverings upon entrance, while waiting for seating and when moving around th...
"Shun, Don't Shame": How Hollywood Restaurants Are Treating Disgraced Diners in the #MeToo Era
" . . . One other way of handling a horrifying guest is to follow the 'shun, don't shame' advice of Daniel Buccino, the director of the Johns Hopkins Civility Initiative. 'If somebody calls that yo...
Yuck...I'm being waited on by a sick server!
I just refused service from a server who was sneezing and her nose was running and she was taking her arm to catch the drip..so frigging gross. Isn't there a law against serving food to the public...
La Taqueria to pay $500,000 in labor settlement
" . . . The five former employees alleged, among other claims, that they had been forced to work 10-hour days without overtime pay, and were denied sick leave. Their accusations led to an investiga...
Restaurant owners backtracking
This is one side of a story found on the interwebz: "I would like to address the post about Jamis Kitchen and the Fishermans Platter that was served under par Thursday evening . I appreciate any...
How much do bussers/runners make in a fine dining restaurant?
I'm a server at a casual dining restaurant and make about $100-$150 a night on average. I'm considering a job running food or bussing at a Del Frisco and was wondering if anyone knew how much they ...
No Piece of the Pie by Food Chain Workers Alliance
"... According to the report, food is now the largest employment sector in the United States, after growing 13 percent from 2010 to 2016. While the number of food sector jobs has increased signi...
Professional waiter/waitress- a dying breed?
My wife and I had a great anniversary dinner last Friday evening at Sage. The food, as expected, was excellent. We chose Sage because we've been fans of the restaurant since Anthony was cooking in ...
How do you feel about waiters clearing dirty dishes and then serving food without washing their hands in between?
Seems to me that's asking for transmission of germs. In some restaurants different people do these jobs, but I'm sure not in all. Are there any laws directed at this? I can't say for sure this is...
French waiters aren’t rude, they merely demand respect | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
An interesting perspective that may shed light on this old misconception.
Can I get a job as a wait staff person? What do I need to know?
With the never ending posts about tipping and food servers, there are some questions that come to my mind. In all service industry jobs there is a training period and skills that need to be deve...
What are some of the more irritating and/or interesting questions diners ask servers about wine?
Looking for hopefully answers from servers or former servers on questions about wine that stand out because of the frequency with which they were asked or because they were unusual or interesting i...
Skimpy Pours?
I am not a very experienced drinker, but years ago, I discovered Cosmos, which I really love, mostly because I am MAJOR into fresh citrus and not sugar; I often order Asian influenced foods and I d...
Is tipping in cash better for the server?
My father (from NZ where tipping is *NOT* the norm) is insistent on leaving the tip in cash when on holiday in N Am so that it can't be pocketed by management (he usually pays by credit card). But ...
