Oh, Jumping lasagna cowboy. Why oh why?

Last week I got some terrible news. One of my favorite restaurants is closing it's doors. What am I going to do now? Portobello one of the best restaurants in Westchester county, is taking a small pieces of my heart with them. Oh why,oh why. Very sad We say farewell to the Portobello Cafe and we The family of Confession of an unemployed bartender and N.Y. Restaurant Solutions wish good luck to Luis and Francine in their new adventure. Please take care my friends.

An the fucked up thing is, It's a Fucking Chili's.

By know you might know that I have high standards when it comes to service. For me the food is just, not enough, there has to be a harmony between food and service. That is was keeps the people coming again and again. Here is my point. Last night, my family and I went to eat after doing some shopping, and the options where a little bit small. We had on one side, Wendy's, and on the other side we had Chili’s.
Because of my in laws diet we decided to go to Chili’s. The problem was, that we had have really bad experiences in this particular Chili’s, the food is as regular as a standardized recipe could get. The service in this Chili’s was so bad, every time we went there they gave us a 5$ discount coupon for the next visit, and no kidding my wife has like 4 coupons in her purse from last year.

So any way, we went to Chili’s and OMG for the first time, the hostess greeted us with a happy face, when we got seated, not one, but two waitresses came to the table and told us that, they, as a team, where going to be serving our table. The appetizers came out really fast, the refills where there every time the glasses where empty. The entrees came out hot and quickly, over all the service and the food were pretty decent.
Who would have believed that? I after eating in fine dinning restaurants, so many bar and dives, I would get a service that would make Marcos Mercado look like 15 year old girl. An the fucked up thing is, it's a fucking Chili’s.

I felt like a prostitute.

  I'm not saying that I was a prostitute (I wish), just that I felt like one, every time I changed restaurants and had to start over again and again. Getting to know new people; well not really, in my town every service employee knows each other. Let me clarify; is not that I got fired on any of my jobs, is that I don't take crap from people that manage a restaurant because they have a B.S. in management and had never worked in a restaurant. Working in all those restaurants and bars taught me how to work and do work the right way. That is what a want to show all the people that work and want to work in a restaurant.

Working in a restaurant is tons of fun. You have the crazy waitresses, the really crazy cooks and chefs, that sell drugs to the employees. The cool doorman, the not so talented barback,the valet parking attendant that thinks he is the mayor of the town, the really hot bartender (that's me), and finally your customers, the most important aspect of working in a restaurant.  I have many storys about bars and restaurants, so stay tunned and you will know a few, well the PG 13 ones at least.

Till then, go out and try something new

The dont's and dont's of the restaurant.

Whats up guys.

By know you should know that I love working behind the bar. If you started to work in a bar or restaurant here are a few more tips that might help your career in the service industry.

1. Always greet your customer.

2. If you are going to get high, do it before or after your shift, not while in your shift.

3. Never touch your customers. NEVER!!

4. If you dont know something, ask for help, you will look better asking for help than laying and saying that     you know how to do it.

5. Never serve garnishes from the floor, no matter the customer.

6. Always know the daily special.

7. When in doubt do as Tosh would do.

8. And last but not least, never, ever party with your co-workers.

More tips to come, so stay tuned, until then, go out  and try something new.