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The Last Meal…
Welcome back!When it comes to the media coverage of chefs, it never stops (and that’s a good thing). It’s one clever concept after another and of course the Food Network has so much to do with this. “Boy Meets Grill”; “Chef at Large”; “Chef at Home”; “Dinner Impossible”; “Kitchen Nightmares”; “The Iron Chef”; etc., [...]
Automatic Gratuity Disaster
In one form or another, it’s a phrase that appears on menus all over America…”An 18% gratuity will be added to parties of eight and over”. I understand the thinking from the restaurant point of view, and I also understand that it represents a disaster waiting to happen.
Yelping Out Loud
The writer said it best – “Is this a Service or a Shakedown”(San Francisco Business Times article)
The good folks at Yelp in San Francisco have taken the public restaurant reviews to a whole new level, and it’s not a pretty picture. When the media encourages the public to literally hold a gun to the heads [...]
