In this episode, Josh and Nick talk with guest chef Aurora Macias about weekends and holidays in the restaurant industry. We talk about why we can't just take next weekend off and it's impact on relationships and family life.

In this episode, we talk about mental health in the restaurant industry.

With guest Deanna Rhodes, we look at all sorts of factors that chip away at the mental and physical wellbeing of restaurant workers, including diet, sleeping schedule, and low pay. We discuss suicide in the industry and most importantly, offer so guidance towards help.

In this episode, Josh, Trae and Nick discuss a couple of smaller topics.

A Block - Name Tags

B Block - (8:45) Camping

C Block - (20:59) Internet Recipes

D Block (34:13) Yelp Reviews

This episode features Josh, Nick and Trae's stories about what they were doing during the pandemic and how it effected their work lives. We the discuss the concept of "No one wants to work" and give some examples of changes in customers' behaviors since during and since the pandemic.

In this episode, Josh, Nick and Trae discuss menus - from creating menus and specials, to balancing drinks, how mimosas save your food costs, and some qualities we look for in physical and virtual menus.

Then, as always, we end each episode with a restaurant shout out for some local restaurant we love somewhere in the country.

In our second episode, Nick and Josh discuss cleaning and sidework in the bars and restaurants. We include a list of things that get asty when not cleaned regularly and some of the worst messes we've seen at work.

In our first episode, we discuss the ever-present need for training in restaurants, and some of the challenges and opportunities facing interviewers and managers. We include a few stories of training gone badly and remind everyone that training isn't just for new hires.