Author Archive | David Hayden

I understand that some people get very passionate about the food they eat and the food they prepare.  Somehow I don’t think that defense will work in this case.   

A restaurant in Austin was recently raided and seized after police allege that over a kilo of heroin was distributed from the restaurant.  Here are some lines left out of the story: “Undercover police became suspicious when over a late afternoon meal a detective was asked, ‘would you like smack with that?’” “The restaurant was […]

Two important things you can learn from today’s story.  First, walk-in coolers are no joke.  If the mechanism that lets you open them from the inside is broken, you need to raise hell unting it is fixed.  Second, I love the restaurant business as much as anyone.  However if I die in a restaurant, I […]

Open Table just released their list of the 75 “Kid Friendliest” restaurants in the United States.  I am re-releasing the site as “The 75 restaurants I will never work at.” 75 Restaurants to skip when looking for a serving job

Who said chivalry was dead?  A man is minding his own business at a restaurant and enjoying a nice date.  Then some jerk at the next table belches.  While I would simply ignore such a thing, I apparently lack the chivalry of this man.  His response: grab a butter knife and threaten to kill the […]