I avoided this topic for Etiquette Tuesday for weeks but two weeks ago took the cake. Many of you do not know I have a guilty pleasure for reality TV. If it is a Real Housewives, My 600 lb. Life and/or Kardashian shenanigan to be seen, I have certainly seen it. It is the ultimate […]
Thanks to ProFlowers for this week’s Etiquette tip. Conversation at the dinner table is just as critical to the entire culinary experience as the presentation of the food. Use this handy dandy chart to upgrade those dinner table convo’s.
Is customer service dead? I have to believe it after a story I heard from two friends this weekend. The deets: the friends went to a well-known dining establishment and ordered a couple of waters (without lemon) to start before they decided on their cocktails of the evening. What came back was not apparent until […]
Happy Thanksgiving!! May God Bless you and yours as you enjoy this wonderful day of giving thanks. We had to chuckle at SNL’s skit below, keep the conversation light and your bellies full. Happy Turkey Day from JKGF. *Video via SNL YouTube
When Danny Meyer decided to eliminate tipping in his establishments, this changed the food industry game completely. An industry that has instilled in diners that tipping is required versus optional, many are ironically joining in on the new trend. We visit this for this week’s Etiquette Tuesday: no tipping. I am actually with it. Before […]
The 2024 RAMMY Awards Finalists
Woot! The list is here. The 2024 RAMMY Awards Finalists are (*denotes publicly voted category*): New Restaurant of the Year: A restaurant that must have opened between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023 and already distinguishes itself as a pacesetter in food, beverage and hospitality. The nominee must be a current member of RAMW. Cocktail […]
The 42nd Annual RAMMY AWARDS Return on July 21, 2024
The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) will host the 42nd Annual RAMMY Awards at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in partnership with Events DC, on Sunday, July 21, 2024. The awards return to honor excellence in long standing categories that range from individual professional honors to accolades celebrating culinary concepts and service. Anyone in the public can […]
Congrats to all of the 2023 RAMMY Award recipients!! The 2023 RAMMY Awards Winners are (*denotes publicly voted category*): Joan Hisaoka Allied Member of the Year: Saval Foodservice New Restaurant of the Year: Causa/Amazonia Cocktail Program of the Year: Service Bar Beer Program of the Year: Shelter Wine Program of the Year: Reveler’s Hour Rising […]
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