EATER
JANUARY 29, 2021
I first encountered the gleaming, yellowish-green sauce in 2008. I sat down and watched servers walk by with plates of what looked like tiny white sandwiches bursting with different fillings — I would later learn they were arepas, which I had imagined would be more like savory pancakes. Each visit created new salsa Caracas acolytes.
EATER
JANUARY 28, 2022
In her new book One Fair Wage , she writes about how the practice “spread rapidly as employers in the hospitality sector hired newly freed slaves as servers, porters, and hosts across the country.” Jayaraman sees the tipped wage system as “a direct legacy of slavery” that emerged after Emancipation in 1863.
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7 Shifts
JUNE 20, 2022
There's no dining room, no storefront, no servers, and in some cases not so much as a sign. And like the 2008 financial crisis showed us the necessity of food trucks , the pandemic brought ghost kitchens into the light and accelerated their growth. No servers to catch problems before they reach the customer.
7 Shifts
APRIL 13, 2021
Canyons Fresh Grill is the definition of a neighborhood spot—nestled just off of Main Street in the town of Woodstock, Georgia, the restaurant has been a mainstay since 2008. It’s a family-owned business, combining more than 60 years of entrepreneurial experience to serve its city.
EATER
DECEMBER 21, 2020
I am definitely not the intended audience for Eat a Peach : In 2008, I was hired as the corporate beverage director for Chang’s young empire; I held this job for seven months before I was fired without explanation. Conflict was fuel, and Momofuku was a gas-guzzling SUV,” Chang writes. I love teams.”
EATER
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Music pumps from unknown corners, and boisterous servers wear army fatigues — not in a bossy way that feels serious but in a kind of warped, fun way like the cop from the Village People. The restaurant group was bought by Planet Hollywood in 2008.) Nobody knows! Lesley Suter Torrisi The immaculate vibe at Torrisi, outside and in.
EATER
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
In early 2008, the award-winning cocktail bar was just a cool restaurant-industry haunt that deBary’s friend helped open. I was a server at a French cafe in the town where I grew up in Connecticut. John deBary started a career focused on cocktails — then launched an industry fund that’s raised $7.5 What was your first job?
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