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Anthony Bourdain revealed ( in his book Kitchen Confidential ) the popular belief that Monday is not a good restaurant day. "Watchwords for fine dining? Tuesday through Saturday." There are a number of factors involved, one being that the A team is going to be present for the weekend rush. They'll most likely have Sunday and Monday off. The after rush staff are the newbies, the inexperienced, the ones you don't trust to run things when the place is really busy.
Of course, Tony's talking about the Metro fine dining scene. He ain't talking about the Clown, the King, the Colonel, the not so fine dining. No speedy seller of caloric doom, nothing like...Taco Bell.
Taco Bell. Loose meat, deep fried tortillas, congealed dairy fat in most known forms; what's not to love? ( Ok, don't eat the spinach. ) We braved the place today and have, I must admit, done so before. In all deference to the wit and knowledge of Mr. Bourdain, the weekend crew sucks!
A food franchise, like the "Golden Tits of America" ( thank you, Mr. King ), is not a restaurant. It's more of an object lesson, a first job, a right of passage, an uncompromising incentive to get an education and hopefully escape wearing a name tag. Unlike a restaurant, there is no head chef, only a manager who for some reason hasn't left yet.
The weekend staff of such a place is like the Monday staff of fine dinning. These are the people who lack seniority, experience, and just couldn't get the weekend off. The entire crew is made up of those unfortunates so low in the fries-with-that hierarchy that their scheduled time is the least desirable.
In short, the watch words for fast food survival; Monday through Thursday.
Of course, Tony's talking about the Metro fine dining scene. He ain't talking about the Clown, the King, the Colonel, the not so fine dining. No speedy seller of caloric doom, nothing like...Taco Bell.
Taco Bell. Loose meat, deep fried tortillas, congealed dairy fat in most known forms; what's not to love? ( Ok, don't eat the spinach. ) We braved the place today and have, I must admit, done so before. In all deference to the wit and knowledge of Mr. Bourdain, the weekend crew sucks!
A food franchise, like the "Golden Tits of America" ( thank you, Mr. King ), is not a restaurant. It's more of an object lesson, a first job, a right of passage, an uncompromising incentive to get an education and hopefully escape wearing a name tag. Unlike a restaurant, there is no head chef, only a manager who for some reason hasn't left yet.
The weekend staff of such a place is like the Monday staff of fine dinning. These are the people who lack seniority, experience, and just couldn't get the weekend off. The entire crew is made up of those unfortunates so low in the fries-with-that hierarchy that their scheduled time is the least desirable.
In short, the watch words for fast food survival; Monday through Thursday.
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He purchases his fish *every* day, not just once a week, and he fetches it himself rather than allowing some vendor to deliver what have you.
Yet still, customers disparage the quality of his goods, assuming this rule applies.
It is subjective, but those exceptions do prove the rule.