Bar work is a common career path in the cocktail-loving city of New Orleans, but finding stability and upward mobility in the hospitality industry is a challenge, particularly for young workers who ...

Along with the traditional turkey, stuffing and gravy this Thanksgiving, I’m afraid I’ll be getting a spoonful of my own medicine. For the past year and a half, I’ve had the privilege of working as ...

On a recent Thursday my husband and I showed up at a cute bistro right when it opened. “You’re in luck!” the host said when we told her we didn’t have a reservation, then led us past a slew of ...

Once a month going forward, Chowhound will turn the tables on a few, select social media whiners whose recent restaurant character assassination work we’ll deem deserving of address. Credit: ...

A longtime chef flirts with the idea of coming back to the business he'd left behind — but he has some conditions. Greg Baker is a chef, restaurant consultant, and writer with almost 40 years of ...

It’s an old cliché that all of the waiters and servers in Los Angeles are aspiring actors and writers. While that may be an oversimplification of the situation, right now it does seem to have some ...

For anyone who has ever felt the frustration of waiting to be seated at a restaurant with open tables, this former NYC service worker has a message for you. In a TikTok with almost 3,000 views, ...