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August 15, 2006 at 9:41 am
· Filed under advice, blog, customer service, resource
excerpt:
“Being a regular earns you a lot of benefits for only a few conscious behaviors, mostly just good manners. Visit frequently, follow these tips, and within a short amount of time, you’re in.
Wikipedia describes a regular as…
A person who appears often at a certain location and may know others who are also there often, whether out of want or occupation. For example, a regular can be one who goes to a certain coffee shop everyday, so often that the employees know him or her…”
source: “How to Become a Regular” by Greg Cerveny (urban monarch, Jul.31,2006)
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August 3, 2006 at 12:58 pm
· Filed under drinks, food, free, internet, resource, web site
“Like Food? Like Wine? Like People who like Food & Wine? Then you’ve come to the right place. With hundreds of user supported recipes, wine reviews, and events, our site’s chock full of information all Foodies love to have at their fingertips.”
link: FoodieHeadquarters.com
You can find local wine tastings, dinner events, and cooking classes.
related link:
LocalWineEvents.com
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July 17, 2006 at 2:41 pm
· Filed under food, free, health, internet, reference, resource, web site
“Do you love to eat out? Are you looking for restaurants that offer a selection of healthier menu items? If so, then you’ve come to the right place, but a little too soon! Please enter your e-mail address below, and we’ll notify you when the website is accessible. You’ll find a wonderful selection of great-tasting, healthier menu items from restaurants nationwide, ranging from quick-serve to fine dining and representing dozens of types of cuisines.”
link: HealthyDiningFinder.com
HealthyDiningFinder site is associated with the National Restaurant Association (Note: HealthyDiningFinder site is not affiliated with TeamWaiterBell or WaiterBell). For a demo of the site in action, click here.
Update (9/4/06):
“Then you’re invited to preview this new website, which will officially launch in January 2007. Please visit often, as this website continues to grow with more restaurants – from quick-serve to fine dining – and other frequent updates.”
link: HealthyDiningFinder.com
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July 10, 2006 at 10:48 am
· Filed under career, free, resource, waitstaff, web site
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“At least 51% of new hires in 2005 found their jobs online, according to a recent Booz Allen Hamilton study. The consulting company’s study also shows that 74% of employers say they plan to increase spending this year on online recruiting.”
The National Restaurant Association has aligned with Hcareers, North America’s dominant restaurant job board.
Search and apply online for open positions in the restaurant/foodservice industry. This Job Bank is 100% free for job seekers.”
link:
Restaurant Job Bank
Post a Resume
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June 9, 2006 at 2:18 pm
· Filed under free, resource, web site
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May 22, 2006 at 11:18 am
· Filed under article, food, health, resource
excerpt:
"If you like to dine out, be careful how you use the state's new Web site on restaurant health inspections. The site — www.ksfoodsafety.org — was unveiled Thursday in Topeka. It allows instant access to two years' worth of inspection records for all 10,300 food service establishments in Kansas.
Users will be hard-pressed to find a restaurant that's never been cited for a violation. And germophobes could quickly scare themselves out of ever dining out again.
But that's not realistic, said Sharon Watson, communications director for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which created the site.
It's all about perspective, she said. Diners can rest assured that a restaurant with violations serious enough to pose a public health risk would be shut down until the problems were addressed.
…Information on the site is updated weekly, and users also can file complaints about restaurants.
…But diners should be careful not to misinterpret the information, Watson said.
A restaurant that's been cited for 11 minor violations might actually pose less of a threat than a restaurant that's been cited for one major violation.
"People need to realize that there are different levels of concern," she said. "The violations aren't all the same."
source: "Check online, then dine" by Denise Neil (The Wichita Eagle, May 5,2006)
Many state and city health departments are putting restaurant inspections online for easy public access. Here are a few more sites:
New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene Restaurant Inspection Information
Philadelphia Environmental Health Services Restaurant Inspection
Spies Online's Restaurant Inspection Reports -listed by state
If you can't find restaurant inspections for your city or region online, you may also try contacting your local health department or state restaurant association for more information.
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May 19, 2006 at 11:59 am
· Filed under advice, free, resource, waitstaff
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May 2, 2006 at 11:04 pm
· Filed under perspectives, resource, waitstaff
The perspective of the restaurant worker, which is often ignored, has recently become more accessible through print ("My Week as a Waiter"), media (i.e. the movie "Waiting…"), and the internet (Waiterrant.net).
This may be due to more people working in restaurants (nearly 50% of adults have worked in the restaurant industry, source: NRA), and more people going to restaurants (no other country eats out as frequently as those in the United States, source: AOL).
Many times, servers are debating with customers in message boards or forums about the nature of the profession. Servers will talk about customers who lack patience, respect, and consideration for servers. Customers who have experienced bad service will remark on servers who are uncaring, unprofessional, and inconsiderate of customers. The relationship between customer and server is put on eggshells when there isn't consideration and mutual respect.
To balance out the numerous consumer sites where diners post their experiences, the following are links to sites where content is written by restaurant workers:
WaiterRant
BitterWaitress
The Stained Apron
Server Stories
The Insane Waiter
Waitress On the Sea
Restaurant Gal
Restaurant Girl Speaks
Manhattan Waitress
Shameless Restaurant
Waiting Tables
The Angry Waiter
The Food Liberation Front
Red Lobster Hates Its Employees
also, here is a recent article about restaurant workers on the internet: Read the rest of this entry »
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April 30, 2006 at 7:48 pm
· Filed under article, etiquette, resource
While restaurant etiquette can vary with your location, the same can be said with the situation. The business lunch/dinner with a client or employer can be especially delicate because of business-related matters (e.g. job, deal). For this reason, many sites (especially college career centers) and articles are available to provide some guidance.
Articles:
"Doing Lunch Right" by Ann Brown (Black Enterprise, Apr.12,2006)
"How to succeed at a business lunch" by Marc Ramirez (Seattle Times, Mar.14,2006)
"CEOs say how you treat a waiter can predict a lot about character" by Del Jones (USA Today, Apr.17,2006)
"Know your essential business dining etiquette" by Denise Burton (Los Angeles Business Journal, Nov. 1, 2004)
"Avoid Business Lunch Blunders" by Edward Klink (Horsemouth, May 13,2002)
Sites:
Diner Digest's "American Table Manners"
Virginia Tech's "Dining Etiquette Q&A"
Ball State University's "Basic Table Manners"
If you have other links or resources to add to this, please let us know here or at our forums.
note: future postings will cover general and business dining etiquette in other regions (e.g. East Asia)
Happy Eating.
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