No Reservations

Welcome back to another episode of No Reservations: a podcast that is apparently all about exposing nationwide restaurant chains! We stuck with the fishy theme this week as we interviewed Dan, a former bartender at the chain fondly known to us as the "Cheddar Bay Bonanza." So make yourself a delicious Trinidad Sour as Dan tells us all about his wacky times at the "Crimson Crustacean," where bartenders had to make salads as well as drinks.  I just have one question: why does every bar guest at "Les MiserLobster" drink white wine? 

BONUS GAME: Take a drink every time we create a new name for the restaurant chain! Let us know on Instagram which name was your favorite: mine was "Poseidon's Promise."

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Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. No Reservations is a 2020 Service Industry comedy podcast hosted by Anna and Ryan with this weeks guest Stephanie! Stephanie, like Forrest,  had humble beginnings studying hotel/restaurant management and found herself as the GM of a *Episode 43 Spoiler* at the young age of 23.  After a run (haha, get it. Run.) of bad jobs including the post office and, you guessed it, Bubba Gump's, she now works with us at the brewery and is no longer one step away from going postal or wearing a shrimp costume. So settle in with a "Peter-rita" for a new episode that, unlike a box of chocolates, you always know what you're going to get.

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We promised you new guests from new bars and here we are. Delivering! This week Anna and Ryan are joined by Brigid to tackle toxic masculinity, elderly Karens, and that one person who had something special done for them one time and now you're going to have to do it every time or "can I talk to the manager, you've made this exception before." Sit back and enjoy the first cocktail Ryan hasn't finished but not the first Anna has chugged. Cheers.

Here it is, the long lost episode of No Reservations. This episode was recorded in May. It is being released on Thanksgiving. Why, you ask? Well, the answer is simple... Anna is a bitch. But honestly, we're so crushed it took us this long to release it because today's guest, our friend Kat, is just phenomenal. So please, sit back while Anna and Ryan get all the dirt on a little, nation-wide restaurant chain that, for anonymity, we'll call Crappledees. This is a SPICY podcast, and not just because Ryan added cayenne on the rim of the grapefruit margaritas! And before you ask, the "New Karen" is named Elaine... and she's a nightmare.

WE'RE BACK BABY! Honestly, we really never intended to leave. Who stops releasing podcasts 2 before they hit 40? Apparently us? BUT WE'RE BACK, AND WE'RE JUST AS OKAY AS EVER. In the time since you last heard from them, Anna and Ryan have not only changed apartments, but also changed jobs. So get ready for the same old customer nonsense in a brand new setting! Prepare to hear all about white men in vests, Bud-Light-in-my-water-glass fiends, and other instances of just how much people suck. It's year two of No Reservations, get ready for the trAshPeOPle!

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A full month after the original recording date of this podcast, we are FINALLY settled and ready to release! Apologies for the delay, trash people! Ryan and Anna are in the midst of some BIG life changes (that we won't talk about in this pod... so keep listening), but now that the dust has settled, it's time to get back to regular, weekly releases, starting with the incomparable Cherry Poppins: NYC drag queen extraordinaire. Having Michael on yielded one of the most insane episodes of No Reservations to date, and we loved every second of it. We call this "The Seinfeld of Podcasts" because it's truly a podcast about nothing: we go from Dua Lipa to celebrity porn to accidental fisting, with only about 5 minutes of actual service industry talk. It's a hot mess express and we love every second of it, and we hope you will too!

So  get comfy; our latest drinking game starts at around minute 30, so make your whiskey sour a double... or maybe even a triple. This one... is not for moms.

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Guess what M*therf*ckers!? This is a remix episode!! That’s right. Welcome back to a similar but completely different but exactly the same week of No Reservations. After Anna and Ryan can figure out who’s running the Instagram and who’s editing the podcast, they sit down with their good friend Justin. They discuss making a cool million, whoopee in the walk in (with a special repeat guest), and most importantly Savannah: A Radio Play - streaming now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Back again, with your regularly scheduled Monday-released podcast.... wait, you're telling me it's Thursday? The Bees Knees cocktail really did a number on us this week, friends! But hot damn was it worth it. This week's guest on No Reservations is Caitlin, one of our dear friends who is one heck of a manager with a bevy of customer service stories. Some things to look forward to while listening this podcast include: 

1) Is "Dan" perhaps the worst husband known to man?
2) What is the best nickname that a drunk Santa-con participant could possibly give a manager?
3) How does one single-handedly ruin a 20-year-old's birthday? (the answer may surprise you).
and 4) Who in your life is condom-esque?

So please, get your bottle of Bar Hill Gin ready, take a shot for every time one of us says the word "honey," and enjoy No Reservations. 

No, don't worry, we haven't been killed and left for dead. But lemme tell you, the alcohol tried its best this week. Welcome back to another episode of No Reservations. This week's episode features Brian: one of the many bartenders that Anna and Ryan have gotten to know over the years that Anna has hosted various events across NYC.  With a quick wit and a dark sense of humor,  Brian is one of those people who you never truly know what they're going to say next.  And you know what, he lived up to our expectations. So chug down a few tequilas with us and enjoy this episode with Brian, not to be mistaken with Ryan. Remember the full blown B. 

We promised! On this week's episode of No Reservations, we've brought back Willie for the second week in a row. And honestly, after this week, we kind of want to go for round 3 (stay tuned: we WILL be doing a collab episode with EVERYONE from their bar one day).  You know, Willie just has so many incredible stories, one week with him wasn't enough. This week, we discuss more restaurant antics, all the while getting delightfully off-track. So if you'd like to hear Anna find her rapper name, or how to get free drinks (four words: Tinder Date Bar Crawl), or if last week's cognac did in fact give us a sexy week, then this is the podcast for you!