The Port of Seattle is different from you and me. How’s that, you ask? Well, think of it this way. If you went in to work and spent $14 million illegally, you might expect there to be some repercussions when that was found out. Or if you checked your bank account and it had about $400,000 less than you expected, you might check into it. Continue reading Port of Seattle Rapped Again for Its Drunken Sailor Financials
Sightline has taken things further, questioning the “50 percent off” decline in business itself. After all, nothing in the Seattle Times story indicated the reporter saw anyone’s books. Celebrity chef-preneur Tom Douglas was allowed to join the protest, though he “said he couldn’t cite a specific dollar amount or percent of decline.” He was also allowed to say, “More empty spaces means fewer customers,” which is simply wrong. Continue reading Is Chinatown’s Parking Jake or a Joke?
The Tabbedout mobile phone app (in iPhone and Android flavors) lets you walk into a bar or restaurant, open a tab without reaching for your credit card, eat and drink, and pay–all on your phone. Well, not the eating and drinking part, unless you are messy. If you have ever waited 20 minutes to pay because your waiter got slammed just as you called for the check, or got stuck in a massive line at the end of a show because everyone is paying at once (or trying to), or have blithely walked out of a bar with your credit card tab open, you can see the benefit. Continue reading Inside Tabbedout, the Futuristic Way to Dine (and Drink) and Dash
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“Have a good show,” is what they tell you at Food Services of America’s food products show, I discovered. Or, “Have a great show.” But there was room for variation. A chef finished up his live demonstration with, “Thank you. Godspeed. Keep it real.”
If you have eaten in a restaurant, school, or cafeteria, you probably have FSA to thank. They’re the distributor that links food makers with food eaters, “serving customers in 15 states from 9 regional distribution centers.” Continue reading Touring the Food Services of America Food Product Show [Slideshow]
While it’s much easier to look for little red flags than pore over actual food inspection results, it’s overstating the case significantly to say that these are “the nastiest restaurants in Seattle” or that the map “finds the spit in your food.” That’s simply not what’s being mapped out. Continue reading The Food Inspection Map is Not the Territory
