The Bitter Bistro

Dear Yelpers: You think you're smart.  Nope.  You think you're cool.  Wrong again.  You think this is the popularity that you have been yearning to have since high school.  (BUZZ!)  Incorrect. It's time for you to take the energy that you put into your Yelping, and focus your attention on yourself.  Your "opinion" is not important.  The fact that your meal was ruined by the color of your server's apron, or the shape of the plates, or that they didn't give you anything for free on your birthday just means that you were not a planned pregnancy, and you should be grateful that you made it to full term. Ouch!  That hurts, doesn't it?  Well, do you think that destroying someone's business is okay?  That demeaning your server or bartender makes you look like you know what you're talking about?  If your opinion REALLY mattered, (it doesn't,) then you should crawl out from your hiding space where you Yelp on your laptop, and ta...

On Ep 214 I welcome Taylor Murphy-Sinclair .  We discuss working for two Top Chef Masters; bad etiquette for co-workers, and the LA Yelp Diaries. Find Taylor on Facebook . It doesn't get any bitter than this! Subscribe and rate on iTunes .  Taylor is on episode 214. Listen on Stitcher . Until next time... Server's don't pay their rent with compliments. "Bitter.  Party of 1?  Your table is ready." The Bitter Bistro FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER  CLICK HERE "LIKE" ME ON FACEBOOK CLICK HERE

If I ever opened my own restaurant, (God help me for writing that,) one of the things that I would make easy to find would be the restroom.  Because for some reason, finding the bathroom in a restaurant is harder than trying to find a parking spot in Santa Monica on a Sunday afternoon. If you need Google Maps to find the toilet at a restaurant, there's a problem.  The following are some true examples of directions that I have heard from servers and bartenders telling customers how to find the restroom: 1. "Walk straight until you can't walk anymore, turn right, then it's right past the painting.  Second door on the left."   Walk until you can't walk anymore?  How far is this damn bathroom?  Hopefully there is an EMT standing by, because it sounds like I'll need my vitals checked before I get to take a leak. 2. "Go through the kitchen door, past the soda machine, second door on the left."   I never understood having customers venture i...

(Pic of silverware from Theresa on Yelp) On Ep. 213 I welcome comedian TK Kelly.  He shares his stories bartending at a private club in New York, cutting off a drunk woman during his shift and being called "baby dick" in the process. And as always, the LA Yelp Diaries, the Daily Specials, and a podcast that is very bitter. It doesn't get any bitter than this. Listen on iTunes and Stitcher .  And subscribe. Until next time... Server's don't pay their rent with compliments. "Bitter.  Party of 1?  Your table is ready." The Bitter Bistro  FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER  CLICK HERE  "LIKE" ME ON FACEBOOK CLICK HERE