You order your food, everyone places their phone on the table face down. The first one to flip over their phone loses the game and pays for everyone's meal, otherwise everyone pays for themselves.
Don't be a dick when you're out with friends at a restaurant.
posted by cashman
on Jan 20, 2012 -
170 comments
Diner for Schmucks. GQ's restaurant reviewer
Alan Richman had heard "nothing but great things about M. Wells, one of New York City's hottest restaurants—the food was amazing, the setting sublime, the ambience charming. And, in fact, everything was going quite well. Until..." More at
Eater.
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posted by zarq
on Aug 17, 2011 -
238 comments
Over the years, he's become so well versed in restaurant labor law that his attorneys don't even charge him for filing lawsuits anymore. 'They take them on spec,' he boasts. 'By now, they know that if I file something, it's legit.' Eddie Santana, restaurant rebel,
has filed 30 lawsuits against companies — nearly all restaurants and bars — for everything from illegal tip pools to excessive uniform costs. He's netted $144,924.79 after attorney fees from 20 separate settlements. And from the nine suits still pending, he hopes to make another $100,000, if not more.
posted by shakespeherian
on Mar 21, 2011 -
49 comments
The
Inamo restaurant in London's fashionable SoHo district isn't known for its splendid food or accommodating waitresses. Instead, this new Asian fusion eatery is getting raves for its use of a
touch pad-projection system that allows diners to send food orders directly to the chefs and makes the dining experience fully interactive. It's all one
graphic application, with new iconography for signs and menus, graphic wallpaper and tablecloths, shopfront etched patterns and illuminated screens.
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posted by netbros
on Mar 16, 2009 -
40 comments
Sambo's Restaurant It turns out that many people enjoyed Sambo's restaurants back in the 50s, 60s and 70s, but apparently
the real tale of Sambo and the tigers eventually became so infused with racist overtones that it overwhelmed the dining chain and essentially brought it down. The chain was named, incidentally, after the
two men who opened the first restaurant:
Sam Battistone and Newell
Bohnett.
posted by davidmsc
on Mar 7, 2007 -
55 comments
Bored with that same old business meeting? Why not try a
dinner in the sky? But if it's a view you're after, you could probably take a few of your clients
here for the same price.
(flash & sound alert; film clip on main site is slow to load)
posted by madamjujujive
on Aug 15, 2006 -
14 comments
Equidistant Eats lets you find restaurants that are centrally located to two or three locations. Just enter at least two addresses and click "Submit." Street address, city and state are required. ZIP Code is optional.
posted by jonson
on Apr 18, 2006 -
16 comments
The world's
oldest family companies start with a 1,400 year old
Japanese family business that has always built Buddhist temples. On the corporation side, only one of the
great chartered companies survives, Canada's Hudson Bay Company, founded in
1670, and now a large retailer, though there may be
much older corporations. There is even a club with an interesting web site,
Les Hénokien, for companies that are over 300 years old. If companies aren't your thing, there is always the world's
oldest restaurant in Spain.
posted by blahblahblah
on Sep 28, 2005 -
24 comments
The Epicurean online. Charles Ranhofer's 1893 book
The Epicurean is available online from the
Michigan State University Library and the
Museum as part of their
Feeding America digital project. Ranhofer was the head chef at
Delmonico's Restaurant from 1862 to 1894; he popularized the Escoffier version of French cooking to America, modifying it to take advantage of American foods such as turkey, squash, corn, and Pacific salmon. Besides thousands of recipes,
The Epicurean discusses table settings, menus, various methods of presentation, and kitchen management. The book may be downloaded as a PDF in
two parts.
posted by watsondog
on Sep 11, 2005 -
7 comments
