There was this customer who used to come in for lunch and dinner from time to time, until one day he announced to me that he would not be back. “Why?” I asked incredulously. Turns out that he was mad because the chef never went out to his table to say hello. “He used to…
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Tip Systems
Since I have worked in twelve different restaurants, and most of them as a server, I have had the pleasure of becoming quite familiar with a diverse set of tipping systems. Now, I am not talking about how the customer tips out the various waiters, bartenders, maître d’s who may have helped them, but rather how the…
Restaurant Ethics
I have worked for many restaurant owners, chefs, manager, etc., who seemed to have been raised on a different planet than myself. It looked that way, anyway. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but I think that if your menu says that you have Carlton Farms Pork, you should probably be serving Carlton Farms…
Local Heroes
I had the pleasure of presenting the ‘Local Hero’ best restaurant award a few weeks ago at an event in the Ecotrust building, put on by Edible Portland. What a cool award. I love living in a world, (although I admit Portland is a rather small bubble, not an entire world), that looks beyond the bottom…
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