Merry Christmas!

Here’s my wish for a happy and peaceful day for all of my readers. If you have to work, as many do, I hope that your shift is productive. And if you dine out, please be generous to your food service professional. Remember, he or she is working so that you can enjoy your holiday.

It’s the little things redux

A while back, I wrote a post on “the little things”.  Detail things. Things that aren’t often taught in the employee manual or aren’t necessarily “house policy”. You can find that post here:  http://teleburst.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/its-the-little-things-2/ I have a few things to add to that list. When placing a ribeye or any steak with a bone on one side [...]

Bigger isn’t always better

About two years ago, they expanded my local Target. I thought, this is great! More stuff to buy! More specials! Turns out that I was wrong. Not only did I see less stuff (just more of less assortment), there were fewer yellow tag deals. There were several items that I was used to buying that [...]

Clever and easy way to track your tips

http://www.mycarprojects.net/ Yep, you saw that right – MyCarProjects.net. Huh? They have a tracker for miles per gallon which would work great for tracking tips, as you can view a graph online. You do have to put in “Miles Driven” and “Gallons Bought” but I just put 1 in each one.  I don’t worry about it [...]

Just in time for Christmas – a new Marketplace Blogroll

Look for it shortly. I’ll be adding new links as quickly as I can. I have no affiliation with any of them, although, regular readers of this blog will remember that I got a sample Waiter’s Caddy from The Waiter’s Depot a few weeks ago. Should I get any sort of swag or kickback from [...]

Top ten menu trends from the National Restaurant Association

According to the National Restaurant Association, here are the top ten menu trends for 2011: locally sourced meats and seafood locally grown produce sustainability as a culinary theme nutritious kids’ dishes hyper-local items children’s nutrition sustainable seafood gluten-free/food allergy-conscious items back-to-basics cuisine farm-branded ingredients. Here are my top ten restaurant trends for 2011: menus in [...]

Restaurants not jolly about Christmas weekend

From Nation’s Restaurant news: Restaurants not jolly about Christmas weekend Many operators fear lost sales because of the holiday’s timing December 3, 2010 by Bret Thorn Ben Benson didn’t need to look at a calendar to know Christmas 2010 was going to be on a Saturday. Everything seemed to go wrong this year. The economic [...]

Spam comments

Just got finished deleting a bunch of spam. There were a couple that were borderline. If you really want your comments to get through, you might want to make it absolutely clear that you are commenting about a specific post. Some of the spam has gotten quite clever, so, once again, you should make it [...]