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Diner Owner Defends Yelling At Crying “Beast” Of A Child
The owner of a diner in Portland, Maine, does not appear to be terribly concerned about the social media backlash resulting from her admitted hollering at a crying child and then later dubbing that...
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Restaurant Critic Rails Against “Stupid And Broken” Star-Rating System
We’ve said before that star ratings for restaurants are often arbitrary and may not be an accurate representation of the review’s content or of other diners’ standards. You might think that critics who...
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Science Says: You’ll Order More Food & Booze If Your Waiter Isn’t Skinny
It’s a stereotype of the swanky metropolitan restaurant — only hiring wait staff that looks like they just slinked off the pages of Vogue or the runways of Milan — but the results of a recent study...
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These Restaurant Employees Should Probably Stop Mocking Customers On Their Tabs
Here’s the problem with making jokes about your customers in the point-of-sale system at a restaurant: you really should make sure that you erase those jokes before there’s any chance that your...
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Here Are This Year’s 9 Most Calorie-Filled Chain Restaurant Meals
You have to know that when you’re tucking into some huge plate of pasta, fried food, bread, sauce, cheese, and meat at a chain restaurant, that’s probably not healthy, but do you know how unhealthy?...
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Grandfather Of Waitress Confronts Customer Who “Only Tips Citizens”
A Virginia restaurant customer not only refused to tip her waitress after a recent meal, but left a note on the receipt that implied the server was not a citizen and therefore somehow not deserving of...
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We’re Spending More At Restaurants, But Not Because We’re Dining Out More
In 2015, the average household spent around $3,008 to go to restaurants and have someone else do the cooking and dishwashing for once. That’s a slight uptick over the previous year, but spending more...
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Food Trucks Win First Legal Battle Over Rule To Keep Them Away From Restaurants
A restaurant might already have enough competition from other eateries next door, across the street, or even in the same building, so they probably don’t want yet a competing restaurant on wheels...
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Waitress Receives “Tip” Telling Her To Stay Home With Nonexistent Husband, Kids
Here at Consumerist, we’re no stranger to the occasional restaurant receipt story: whether it’s a customer leaving a rude message, a discriminatory tip, or an employee calling customers names. In the...
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Cheesecake Factory Customers Say They Were Duped Into Leaving Big Tips
Even though we all now have phones with handy calculator apps, some restaurant diners are still confounded by the math when trying to sort out the tip, particularly when splitting the bill. Many...
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