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What Will It Take to Make Restaurants Safe for Women Working Front-of-House?
Service jobs are the first work environments that many young women experience—and where they're first taught to endure harassment.
What It’s Really Like Running a Restaurant with Your Best Friend
“Jeremy and I used to live together and we’d always talked about opening a restaurant sometime.”
It’s Time We Gave Waiters as Much Recognition as Chefs
“The front-of-house team aren’t cooking, but they do as much of the job as the chefs. I would go back to a restaurant if the food was average but the service was amazing."
Why Dressing Well Could Get You Better Service in Restaurants
A new study from hospitality researchers at the University of Missouri says that waitstaff give more attentive service to diners wearing nice clothes.
I Lied My Way Into the Upper Echelons of the Restaurant Industry
After my job prospects as a line cook fell through, I started lying my way through interviews for different waitstaff jobs. And even though I landed some jobs, I was a disaster in the dining room.
Getting Paid Fairly as a Chef Is Near-Impossible
There are a lot of weird situations in the service industry where you’re taken advantage of.
Running a Restaurant with My Husband Saved Our Marriage
Running the restaurant together has had a huge effect on our relationship. I think it’s actually made us stronger.
Working at an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Comes with Unlimited Craziness
People are extraordinarily dirty-ass eaters at a buffet. They steal food and think that they don't have to tip—even after I clean up the shells and bones they just throw on their tables.
This Is What It's Like to Serve Drinks to Drunk English Tourists
One guy once asked me for a blow job. He asked for a mojito, a gin and tonic, and so on. At the end, like he was ordering another drink, he said: “And a blow job.”
This IHOP Waiter 'Robin Hood' Gave Away $3,000 in Drinks
Fuck Che Guevara and Guy Fawkes. A hundred years from now, we’ll all be wearing T-shirts idolizing this freedom-fighting waiter—and you’d best believe it’ll be glorious.
Life Advice from 'The Bitchy Waiter'
If you've ever worked in a restaurant, you'll relate to The Bitchy Waiter's rants about people who linger too long at their tables and pain-in-the-ass Yelpers.
Secrets from the Guy Who Runs Your Cash Register
Installing a restaurant's computer system might sound dull, but I deal with coked-out managers, train-wreck openings, and idiots who don't understand when to check if the power's on.