The Restaurant Industry Thread: it blows, I'm not happy, and I'm not making any money

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pile of brown: Dec 31, 2004

In my state ABC= Alcoholic Beverage Control... Not sure what you're saying here

# ? Jan 14, 2020 05:49

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MAKE NO BABBYS: Jan 28, 2010

You don�t need an alcohol beverage control license in any state to put together a cheese plate. That�s related to your wine.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 06:17

drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

Halloween Jack posted:

I'm really not sure at all.

The kind of stuff I do, it's professors and grad students who want to have cheese and wine and discuss women mosaic artists of the late Byzantine empire or whatever.

I should clarify: I used to do a lot of these events with minimal effort by having Aramark deliver antipasto and charcuterie boards. Then they took that stuff off the menu in favour of the stations. They can still do it, but you have to get a custom quote and it's a hassle. (There's still one cheese tray on the standard menu, and it's cubed cheddar and Ritz crackers.)

So it's not weird to me that a Dim Sum Station exists, it's just weird that it replaced decent cheese as a standard feature.

As a former academic, I�d far rather have dim sum than cheese. I can particularly see it making sense if your university has a high proportion of Asian academics because no one who�s lactose intolerant really wants to spend six hours with stomach cramps after going to a reception.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 11:04

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

MAKE NO BABBYS posted:

You don�t need an alcohol beverage control license in any state to put together a cheese plate. That�s related to your wine.

I don't actually work in the industry, though. For a while I was doing receptions on the cheap by getting the cheese boards myself and getting an event ABC license so that I could buy and serve wine. Then I remembered that I'm not a caterer, and handling all this stuff is why catering costs what it does.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 14:51

Resting Lich Face: Feb 21, 2019; This case of an intraperitoneal zucchini is unusual, and does raise questions as to how hard one has to push a blunt vegetable to perforate the rectum.

This is the only time I've ever had trouble getting hired. I think I'm getting filtered out of online app systems because I don't have open availability due to evening classes a few nights a week. I wonder if I should try the old school approach and start walking into places with a resume after doing the online apps.

Or is it really that hard to move from the sort of hybrid FOH/BOH role of counter-service places to full-service FOH?

# ? Jan 14, 2020 17:32

Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

Sandwich Anarchist posted:

Bao cannon

I wonder if there's a way to combine this with a food truck

# ? Jan 14, 2020 17:57

Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

Canuck-Errant posted:

I wonder if there's a way to combine this with a food truck

# ? Jan 14, 2020 18:24

Alkydere: Jun 7, 2010; Capitol: A building or complex of buildings in which any legislature meets.
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:

Okay now I just wanna see this in War Thunder. The Tesla Hetzer.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 18:34

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The trick with the baolista is to fire it fast enough to cool your soup dumplings, but not so fast as to re-geletanize it. Chin burns are a war crime.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 19:08

Field Mousepad: Mar 21, 2010; BAE

Resting Lich Face posted:

This is the only time I've ever had trouble getting hired. I think I'm getting filtered out of online app systems because I don't have open availability due to evening classes a few nights a week. I wonder if I should try the old school approach and start walking into places with a resume after doing the online apps.

Or is it really that hard to move from the sort of hybrid FOH/BOH role of counter-service places to full-service FOH?

From my experience the chain places do the online thing and everyone else hires people who actually go to the place and applies in person.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 19:19

Alkydere: Jun 7, 2010; Capitol: A building or complex of buildings in which any legislature meets.
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Field Mousepad posted:

From my experience the chain places do the online thing and everyone else hires people who actually go to the place and applies in person.

That sounds right with about any industry. The bigger the company, the more impersonal/online the hiring is.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 19:53

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Resting Lich Face posted:

This is the only time I've ever had trouble getting hired. I think I'm getting filtered out of online app systems because I don't have open availability due to evening classes a few nights a week. I wonder if I should try the old school approach and start walking into places with a resume after doing the online apps.

Or is it really that hard to move from the sort of hybrid FOH/BOH role of counter-service places to full-service FOH?

I would maybe suggest trying for bussing jobs instead of serving. Counter service is very different from waiting on tables, if it's a busy place you can still make good tips. And you should absolutely be dropping off resumes in person.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 20:05

Resting Lich Face: Feb 21, 2019; This case of an intraperitoneal zucchini is unusual, and does raise questions as to how hard one has to push a blunt vegetable to perforate the rectum.

Skwirl posted:

I would maybe suggest trying for bussing jobs instead of serving. Counter service is very different from waiting on tables, if it's a busy place you can still make good tips. And you should absolutely be dropping off resumes in person.

I'm applying for barback with aims of moving up to bartending after a bit.

Doesn't help that my previous actual proper restaurant experience was pre-transition and now I am stealth (SA is the only place I'm out since changing my name and dropping off the face of the earth) so I cannot put it on my resume.

Resting Lich Face fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Jan 14, 2020

# ? Jan 14, 2020 20:28

MAKE NO BABBYS: Jan 28, 2010

If you�re applying for a full serving job and only have done counter/quick service, yeah I definitely wouldn�t even respond to that resume.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 20:29

Resting Lich Face: Feb 21, 2019; This case of an intraperitoneal zucchini is unusual, and does raise questions as to how hard one has to push a blunt vegetable to perforate the rectum.

MAKE NO BABBYS posted:

If you�re applying for a full serving job and only have done counter/quick service, yeah I definitely wouldn�t even respond to that resume.

No. I'm applying for barback/bus jobs.

Gonna try some walk-ins at local places this week since the online apps at the chains aren't doing poo poo for me.

Resting Lich Face fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Jan 14, 2020

# ? Jan 14, 2020 20:34

Coasterphreak: May 29, 2007; I like cookies.

The other thing I'd say to keep in mind is that this time of year tends to be VERY applicant-heavy because of all the people that just got laid off from their seasonal jobs, so employers have the pick of the litter in most big markets. We've hired more people in the last twenty one days than we hired in the prior sixty because we've had a deluge of people that know what the gently caress they're doing and actually show up to the interview.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 20:45

Resting Lich Face: Feb 21, 2019; This case of an intraperitoneal zucchini is unusual, and does raise questions as to how hard one has to push a blunt vegetable to perforate the rectum.

That's a really good point actually. Could have had better timing.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 21:25

MAKE NO BABBYS: Jan 28, 2010

I pretty much never hire someone as a barback outright from a resume; it�s either a recommendation from an employee or promoting from within from another position.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 23:21

Raikiri: Nov 3, 2008

Naelyan posted:

Of the 86 weddings

Heard.

# ? Jan 14, 2020 23:22

Naelyan: Jul 21, 2007; Fun Shoe

Raikiri posted:

Heard.

Yeah, I chuckled when I got our final count for the year as well.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 00:06

Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

Fuckin

# ? Jan 15, 2020 02:53

No Wave: Sep 18, 2005; HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!

In my head the razor clam was served on coarse sea salt and the guy was just eating the salt.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 02:56

Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

The actual post talks about how that is the only thing on the wall in Achatz's office, and serves as a constant reminder that nobody is infallible

# ? Jan 15, 2020 02:57

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Achatz is the one in the wrong here. He had an ethical obligation to poison that guy; surely with his expertise he could have gotten away with it.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 03:08

Shooting Blanks: Jun 6, 2007; Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade

Eh, I have mixed feelings about that. If the guy went there because it was Michelin starred and he'd been mislead as to what kind of restaurant it is, I don't think he's necessarily in the wrong. That said, it's Alinea, there really is no secret about what Achatz is doing, so I don't feel too bad for him either.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 06:26

Mezzanon: Sep 16, 2003; Pillbug

Resting Lich Face posted:

No. I'm applying for barback/bus jobs.

Gonna try some walk-ins at local places this week since the online apps at the chains aren't doing poo poo for me.

Depending on the size of the city you�re in: just lie. (Also definitely apply in person)

# ? Jan 15, 2020 06:57

MAKE NO BABBYS: Jan 28, 2010

Sandwich Anarchist posted:

The actual post talks about how that is the only thing on the wall in Achatz's office, and serves as a constant reminder that nobody is infallible

Having met him, that�s definitely not the case. His ego and misogyny are very well known and he sucks.

E: and if you need to post something like that on your wall, you are absurdly lovely and thin skinned, invariably.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 08:50

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

I'm going out on a limb and saying anyone who spends $3,000 on air-fair dollars and travels internationally for a single meal and then writes a letter to the chef to complain about it is a complete rear end in a top hat. And that anyone who achieves the level of fame that someone else might do that is also a complete rear end in a top hat.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 08:56

MAKE NO BABBYS: Jan 28, 2010

There are many famous chefs and restauranteurs that are great to work for. Unfortunately, that�s less that 2% of the �chefs� an average person can name.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 09:05

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

MAKE NO BABBYS posted:

There are many famous chefs and restauranteurs that are great to work for. Unfortunately, that�s less that 2% of the �chefs� an average person can name.

The only chefs I know by name are the ones famous on television for being huge assholes (I suspect they're actually nicer in person than portrayed on television), and because I live in Seattle, Tom Douglas who just settled a lawsuit for 2.4 million dollars after being accused of stealing wages from his employees.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 09:37

JacquelineDempsey: Aug 6, 2008; Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34

So there's a fundraiser for the homeless/unemployed in my town (which is a big deal; I should know, I'm jobless and living in a rented room in the ghetto) which involves a chili cook-off. Being unemployed and living off stuff from our city's very excellent foodbank, I want to enter. Also, I really want to make chili.

Part of the entry is: give a name for your chili.

I task y'all with coming up with good names. Please do not derail with beans vs no beans, as there will be beans because as I said, I'm broke and beans add much needed protein and filler for 50c a can. And farts that startle my bf in the wee hours of the morning.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 22:24

Tezcatlipoca: Sep 18, 2009

Add a couple teaspoons of baking soda to help the beans release gas before you fart it all out.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 22:38

Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

JacquelineDempsey posted:

Part of the entry is: give a name for your chili.

Red Pepper Hot Chili

# ? Jan 15, 2020 22:38

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

JacquelineDempsey posted:

So there's a fundraiser for the homeless/unemployed in my town (which is a big deal; I should know, I'm jobless and living in a rented room in the ghetto) which involves a chili cook-off. Being unemployed and living off stuff from our city's very excellent foodbank, I want to enter. Also, I really want to make chili.

Part of the entry is: give a name for your chili.

I task y'all with coming up with good names. Please do not derail with beans vs no beans, as there will be beans because as I said, I'm broke and beans add much needed protein and filler for 50c a can. And farts that startle my bf in the wee hours of the morning.

something like Arizona Ranger Big Iron chili, because it has beans and it's going to kill Texas Red.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 22:38

Tezcatlipoca: Sep 18, 2009

Brute Squad posted:

it's going to kill Texas Red.

It's good on hotdogs at least.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 22:40

Shooting Blanks: Jun 6, 2007; Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade

Just named it "Mac" and let people think you're making chili mac for your entry.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 22:43

Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

Serve it with a spoon that you carved out of a bigger spoon

# ? Jan 15, 2020 22:59

JacquelineDempsey: Aug 6, 2008; Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34

I'm half tempted to name it "Scientastic Chili" because his "anything to get the taste out of your mouth" reply in that infamous GWS thread burned harder than my chili ever could. Plus, goon shibboleth, maybe I'll make a friend.

# ? Jan 15, 2020 23:00

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Shooting Blanks posted:

That said, it's Alinea, there really is no secret about what Achatz is doing, so I don't feel too bad for him either.

You'd think so, but my biggest gripe about my dinner at Alinea was that about 1/3 to 1/2 way through the meal they served a course of TWO WHOLE FISH just super rustic style with herbs and lemon. The servers were even warning us to only take a few bites because we would definitely fill up and not be able to enjoy the rest of our meal. Cool course guys?

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# ? Jan 15, 2020 23:26

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