Side Work Podcast

Today's episode kicks off with a creepy AF ghost story, table side flambee terror and the twisted history of America's most dangerous bars and patrons.

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It's time for our annual celebration of all things spooky in the service industry world. Grumpy ghost patrons, vengeful vixens and our own home state haunts!

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To kick off spooky season, we talk about a restaurant's most feared boogeyman : The Health Inspector! This clinical and important job keeps the public safe while striking fear in the hearts of murky buckets of water everywhere.

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We discuss the movement toward raising the tipped minimum wage for servers being raised to the standard minimum wage with Eater Chicago writer Renee Hickman.

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Today we discuss the contentious and criminalized world of street vendors who only want to make an honest living while enriching the culinary landscape with bomb ass food.

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Author, comedian, actor, podcaster, and Food Network host Dan Ahdoot joins us today to discuss all things service related! Pet peeves were aired! Problems were solved! We learn Farsi!

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While society hurtles toward a cashless swiveling iPad future, we explore the importance and equity of accepting cash and the benefits of putting it front and center in the restaurant industry.

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Whether it's a simple request or a customer who tries to create their own dish, substitutions can throw the whole restaurant into chaos.

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Remember when you could order a slice of pie and blow cigarette smoke into a baby's face? Those were the glory days of smoking in restaurants and today we dive into the once en vogue fad of ordering a steak and cigar to the full on ban of cancer sticks in and around dining and drinking establishments.

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In this week's episode, we went there. "There" being Andrea's eternal flame and former red sauce chain restaurant employer: Buca di Beppo. We discuss the history and culture of this tacky and tasty family style restaurant after dining in at the Pasadena, CA franchise. Feelings were felt! Opinions were formed. Spumante was spilled.

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