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Why Restaurants Have Bad Nights

David Hayden — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:25:19 +0000

Let’s face it, sometimes restaurants have a bad night. Maybe the food takes too long or your table is not ready when you arrive. It is frustrating. A restaurant that has impressed you so many times before just doesn’t live up to your past experiences. It is easy to be upset. It is also important to remember [...]

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How To Propose At A Restaurant

David Hayden — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:57:18 +0000

Over my years in the restaurant industry, I have witnessed a number of wedding proposals occur during my shift. With Valentine’s Day approaching, and my bachelor status allowing this post not to create the most awkward Valentine’s Day date ever, I decided to spend a few moments to write about some of the best [...]

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Do I Have To Tip At Restaurants?

David Hayden — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:41:09 +0000

In nearly every radio interview I have ever done someone will call in to ask, “Why do I have to tip?” They feel it would be easier to simply add the price of service into the cost of the meal. It is an interesting question and one that I love to answer. Hidden in the [...]

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The Reason Most Restaurant Servers Are Uninsured

David Hayden — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:04:16 +0000

In a recent post I criticized Darden for attempting to avoid paying for health insurance for restaurant servers. In a politically charged time like the one we are in, this could have been seen as a blatantly political statement. While this is a fair criticism, I think it fails to take into account the unique [...]

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Is Darden Risking Guest Safety For Higher Profits?

David Hayden — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:54:33 +0000

A few weeks ago, I did an interview with a producer for a national news program. The purpose of the interview was to address some of the lingering myths concerning restaurants. After assuring the interviewer that line cooks do not perform foul acts with guests’ meals and we do not reuse the bread, I was [...]

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Why Do I Have To Wait For A Table At A Restaurant?

David Hayden — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:39:43 +0000

If you have found this article, you can probably relate to having to wait for a table at a restaurant. You arrive at a restaurant, you see open tables, but you are told that you will have to wait to be seated. This is incredibly frustrating. If the table is open, why wouldn’t a restaurant [...]

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Foodie Trivia Game

David Hayden — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:09:17 +0000

With all of the foodie information available on this blog, I decided to post a quick foodie trivia game for you all to enjoy. All of the answers to the questions in this game can be found in one of the posts on this blog. If you enjoy it, I will certainly create more trivia games like this to boost your foodie cred. [...]

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Building A Better Restaurant Website

David Hayden — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:58:11 +0000

I was recently approached about building a website for a landmark Kansas City Steakhouse. This is an interesting dilemma for a restaurant industry blogger to face. I have written numerous times about how awful most restaurant websites are. I am not alone in this belief. Any number of articles can be found online about how [...]

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Why Restaurants Are Expensive: Labor

David Hayden — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:44:57 +0000

In the previous post of this series, I discussed why food is increasingly more expensive for restaurants. This was a good first step in explaining why the price of food is higher at restaurants than it is in grocery stores and, it is just one of the factors at play. Another reason why it is [...]

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Why Restaurants Are Expensive: Food

David Hayden — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:50:50 +0000

In the first part of this series, I want to address the most basic standard of comparison on restaurant prices: food. Countless times I have heard and overheard tables say, “I could buy that for X at the grocery store.” While it is true that you can buy beef or chicken at a grocery store [...]

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