Dinning Out

14 Dec 2021

6 Things Restaurant Staff Want You To Know Before Eating Out on Christmas Eve

Twas the night before Christmas and you want to eat out. Here are things you should be thinking about. The servers and staff are happy you’re there, But here are a few ways to show that you care. Plenty of people enjoy going out to a restaurant on Christmas Eve

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15 Sep 2021

Want Separate Checks at the Restaurant? Here’s the Deal.

I’ve got a dirty little secret and it’s an unpopular opinion for most servers to have: I am a fan of separate checks. Let me clarify. As a server, I’ve had several credit cards tossed in my general direction at the end of service with customers assuming I have kept

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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08 Sep 2021

10 Things Restaurant Customers Need To Stop Doing Immediately

Shout it from the mountaintops! Alert the news media! There are some things that restaurant customers need to stop doing right this very minute if restaurant workers are to retain their very last shreds of sanity. Some of these behaviors are subtle and some of them are as obvious as

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30 Jun 2021

Is It Ever Okay To Leave a Bad Tip?

  What you are about to read may be seen as controversial seeing that I always stand up for the restaurant server. I preach that’s it’s important to think about things from the perspective of the person who is serving your food and to have patience, empathy and understanding and

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17 Feb 2021

5 Things Servers Won’t Be Annoyed By Anymore When They Go Back to Work

Tens of thousands of servers across the country haven’t had the joy of waiting tables for many months as restaurants continue to struggle during the pandemic. Once upon a time, the list of things that annoyed servers was longer than Santa’s naughty list, but things have changed. Waiters and waitresses,

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