Category: restaurant confessions
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From the Heart
I love writing. Really, I do. However, it doesn’t pay the bills (not yet anyway). Working in the hospitality industry lets me do both. What is my relationship with restaurants, anyway? For one, I grew up in one — my late Lola Sally’s bakeshop, just down the road from my Lolo’s house in Cebu. I…
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Colorado Natives
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to wait on a family of nine on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Lakewood. Not only did they run my ass off (the mother said she had worked in a restaurant and “knew how it was”), her daughter made a comment I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry at.…
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Dirty Old Men
“I want you to smile and be nice to us because even though we’re dirty old men, we’re still nice guys.” The confusing request rang in my ears. What did I just hear? In front of me, sat five men with peppery gray hair, who looked at me wondering what would happen next. “Am I…
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How to make your server love you
Here are a few helpful tips I’ve learned through the years to make your server love you so you have the best dining experience possible Source: How to make your server love you
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