New link added – Chef’s Blade

http://chefsblade.monster.com/ This is Monster.com’s “specialty site” for chefs and cooks. There has a always been a bit of a gulf between front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house (commonly abbreviated as FoH and BoH). Waiters should make the effort to learn more about the people who bust their asses in hot and dangerous conditions in order for the guest to [...]

“The stuff that I wish I had written” for the day

From bitter waiter (see perma-link in blogroll.) “And they never hesitated to ask me for water refills.   In new glasses.  With a side of lemon, dead puppies, and crushed dreams”. I guess you have to read the rest of the post for this to resonate: http://tinyurl.com/bitter-waiter It’s too many syllables for haiku, but I wish I had written it nonetheless…

New Link Added – $10,000 After Tipout

http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/10000-after-tip-out This is a new blog by a waiter in Arizona who’s trying to get $10,000 worth of tips in 6 months in order to be able to afford to move to NYC and pursue a second degree, having just graduated from college. I like the idea of having a “tip thermometer” which rises when [...]

States ranked by restaurants per capita at Statemaster.com

You might not be surprised that the District of Columbia might come in first, but #2? Montana??!!? Interesting… http://www.statemaster.com/graph/lif_res_percap-lifestyle-resturants-per-capita

New link added – Slashfood

This site is one of the new breeds of blogs – the compendium. It’s not a single person laboriously typing blog post after blog post promoting a single viewpoint, but a group of single people typing blog post after blog post, blending viewpoints and outlooks from all over. Each has an area of expertise and [...]

New link added – The Thairade

First of all, I’m a sucker for a well-turned phrase, double meaning, pun, or clever wordplay. So the name of this blog, The Thairade, would have attacted my attention on its face. But the producer of this blog had the good taste to praise my blog in a comment to a recent post, plus, I have [...]

New link added because of post that proves that “The customer isn’t always right”.

For those of you who subscribe to the trope, “The customer is always right”,  I give you counter example, Exhibit A: http://bitterwaiter.typepad.com/bitter_waiter/2009/04/unhappy-hour.html And the “punch line” is brilliant. Here’s the deal. The customer isn’t always right. It’s not right to touch or grab a server without permission, especially when at another table, make unwanted sexual advances [...]

For Technorati users and others

If you use Technorati for blog searching, I am now registered there. Since I use a pre-packaged theme here at Word Press, I’m not sure if I can add a button for it (I’ll be checking soon). There’s no way for me to add code without going CSS, and I’m not quite prepared to do [...]

New link added – www.johnmariani.com

www.johnmariani.com This is the site of Esquire food editor John Mariani and it has a link to his Virtual Gourmet newsletter. There you can vicariously experience the wrold of dining and food. It’s a foodie’s delight, although you might sometimes feel like you’re outside looking in. In the current issue of the newsletter, Mariani surveys [...]

Possible positive news from restaurant sector

From Restaurant News’  Breaking News: :snip: “The NRA is predicting that eating and drinking places will add 381,800 jobs between June and August, a 4.1-percent increase over the industry’s employment levels in March. The rise in employment may also be an indicator of the beginning of an economic recovery for the industry, said Hudson Riehle, [...]