July 2008
4 posts
Oi!... I mean, Oy!
“…emerging at the end carrying Ben’s homemade cream cheese with scallions and Tanenbaum’s fresh pumpernickel bagels, both of which would be combined with my Russ & Daughters’ Nova Scotia to create the single perfect Nova Scotia and cream cheese on bagel available in today’s depleted market.” -Calvin Trillin I’ve always wanted to recreate Calvin Trillin’s Lower East Side Sunday morning...
Today at Work
…I got the best tip ever! Dear restaurant goers, please continue to tip your waiters with a nice bottle of wine in addition to a fat hunk of cash.
Beware of Hungry Old Men
Food makes people…funny. After waiting for a little while, I’ve come to realize that not everyone who sits down to eat will be cheerful, happy, nice, polite, honest or (one I’ve just encountered) not a thief! People get very, very angry if their plates come out a second earlier or later than when they expect them. One woman even threatened to sue because the pepper she ate had vinegar on it. Que...
Wait for it...
As of today, the fourth of July, I have officially been a waiter for one week. After three days of training I swindled my way into getting a solo dinner shift last Thursday and have since been presenting diners with giant plates of pasta in return for big wads of cash. I should have gotten into this earlier. Although I would much rather end up in the kitchen than in the front of the house, coming...