Just time for a quick post today. Â Between campers at lunch and opening dinner, I wasn’t left with much time for writing. Â The upside is that I am not going to try and rush through some great topics I have been working on to finish the rest of the month. Â This week should be filled with some fun topics that everyone should enjoy. Â Today is about clearing up some topics I have been meaning to get to.
When people use my computer, they are often amazed by how many tabs I keep open. Â As I am writing this I have whittled it down to just a dozen. Â My poor computer has been holding some of these tabs for days and needs a break. Â So today I am sharing five articles that I feel are worth passing along. Â At least one of these will be expanded upon in a later post.
The first article is a follow up point to my post on Justus Drugstore and your new restaurant hero. Â I mentioned in passing that we were the next day at a gas station. Â One comment came to me via Facebook making fun of the fact that I ate BBQ at a gas station. Â Oklahoma Joe’s is about half a mile from my house and is the best BBQ to be found anywhere in the world. Â Don’t believe me? Â Well Anthony Bourdain says it is one of the 13 places to eat before you die. Â There are 12 other places on the list. Â Anyone else working their way through the list?
I keep hearing about the show “Man vs Food.” Â It documents one man’s attempt to eat some oversized portions of food. Â I don’t watch it. Â I watch people eat for a living. Â This would be like a telemarketer coming home to spend hours on the telephone. Â I can handle it in a written form though. Â Here is a great list of food challenges from around the country.
I generally do crosswords or read the paper to kill spare time at work. Â Chef’s tend to be more creative. Â Between cigarettes on the back dock some of them find time to do things like this
To see a whole lot more of these creations and maybe find some inspiration, check out the article.
I first read about the “Pay what you want” restaurant concept in the Fat City blog. Â Here is another take on it. Â I truly don’t think that this will catch on. Â It is an interesting concept to consider. Â Before too many owners consider this, maybe they ought to ask some servers. Â People leave us what they think our efforts are worth. Â Too many guests cannot place the proper value on that either.
Finally, I ran across this article on stumble upon, Â A waitress unloads all of her best stories in one post. Â A great read. Â Also a great picture. Â If anyone can tell me the national chain that prominently features it, I will congratulate them in the next post. Â Want a better prize, give me a better idea.
Time to head back for part two of my double. Â Coming up this week are several interesting posts. Â Tomorrow I will recap this weekends Plaza Art Fair. Â If you are not familiar with this event, see what happens when restaurants build secondary restaurants on the streets for the chance of capturing an extra weeks worth of sales in a weekend. Â Later this week I will examine the “aspirational dining” market segment. Â I will finish up by introducing the term “smart mark” to the server lexicon. Â Believe me, you will be using it frequently once you read it.
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