3 Types of Service. American, French & Russian

American service, particularly suited to banquet service means that all the glass and silver, plus napkin and perhaps a service plate are on the table when guest arrives.  Plate service (means waiters serve only plates, which are plated (prepared) in the kitchen.

French service- (The last propagator of this style was the Lausanne [...]

Rethinking Restaurant Tipping – A Vegetarian Perspective

by Carole Hamlin – The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG)

This is an article about tipping in restaurants. It occurred to me that this subject needed to be addressed among vegetarians because I had noticed so many times that waiters (both men and women) serving vegetarians were being shortchanged.

I have seen it happen both [...]

Service-oriented: Pampering waiters stay in demand

Paolo’s Reza Samavarchian wants to talk. Really, he does. But he’s got a large party awaiting his recommendations on after-dinner cognacs and brandies. He’s also got a party of nine, a party of five, two deuces and a single [...]