"Be guest - minded. I try to put myself in the guest's place."
Sarah Owens - HSL
“I started serving tables at Ruth’s Diner the day after I turned 21, and I’ve been working in...
"Expose yourself to as much food and libation as possible. Learn."
Dave Stevens - Table X
"I worked my way up, from washing dishes to line cook to serving,” says Dave Stevens, whose serving...
"You really have to look at the whole restaurant as one table. It's all your responsibility."
Bobbi Koppel - Current Fish & Oyster
"I love working in restaurants,” says Bobbi Koppel, who has been in...
"Serving is a career, not a job. Approach it that way, with respect."
Chris Sandberg - Pallet
In his 26 years in the restaurant industry, Chris Sandberg has worked at some of the best-known...
"Multitasking is essential. There is no downtime."
Michael Montoya - Alamexo
Michael Montoya is telling me about how he grew up a chef’s son in New Mexico—“I knew how to properly cut an onion...
Infinite subtleties of texture and reflection make Utah a winter white wonderland. Take a cue from the ice-clad landscape and swathe yourself in snow.
Photography by Adam Finkle.
Fur Coat, Philanthropy, Flight ($230); Skirt,...
Take a look: Photographer Adam Finkle played with the classic idea of the “exquisite corpse” for the images of servers in “Star Service” (page 60). He photographed heads, hands and feet to...
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