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The Modern Waiter Podcast — 394 episodes

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1

Pre Tipping Gets You Better Service (Here's Why)

2

Hospitality vs. Profit

3

The secret to turning first-time diners into regulars

4

4 Hours For 1 Appetizer! Waiters React to Worst Guests

5

Top 20 Sandwiches of All Time

6

The TRUTH About Mother's Day

7

10 Things No One Tells You About Being a Celebrity Chef | Chef Ryan Rondeno Interview

8

Top 10 First Date Red Flags

9

The Truth About Tipping: Cornell Professor Reveals What Really Happens

10

Cocktail Ice: Not Just a Garnish, It's an Ingredient

11

NEW Servers Fired Over These 10 Simple Mistakes?

12

The 10 Most Popular Birthday Cakes Ranked – #1 Is No Surprise

13

Dating a Bartender Exposed the Real Problem

14

Servers Make MORE Money Than Cooks

15

The Menu Lies: Top 10 Foods That Aren't What They Seem

16

7 Things Gen Z Refuses to Pay For

17

This Is Why Some Servers Don’t Want Black Tables

18

Gen Z Isn’t Drinking and Restaurants Are Cashing In

19

Hidden Economics of All You Can Eat Buffets (Fixed)

20

THESE are the Dumbest Complaints I've Ever Seen

21

Should Everyone Work at Least a Month in The Restaurant?

22

Things Customers Say That Make Servers Cringe

23

RESTAURANT TRENDS FOR 2026 Pt. 1: AI

24

Are Restaurants Secretly Refilling Liquor Bottles?

25

Stress Management for Servers | Practical Tips That Work

26

Server Burnout Is Real - Here's What to Do

27

I Quit My Restaurant Job For a 9 to 5

28

How to Survive a Double Shift

29

What's the BEST Thanksgiving Dinner Plate?

30

What's it REALLY Like During the HOLIDAY Rush in a Restaurant?

31

Las Vegas Strip on a Budget

32

They Say Vegas Is Empty… So We Went To Find Out!

33

How to Stay Out of the Weeds

34

What’s In My Apron After 30 Years on the Floor

35

Your Phone Is FILTHIER Than You Think What GERMS Are Hiding On It?

36

Does soaking your silverware in a glass of hot water really work?

37

Is Red lobster back from the dead?

38

Confusing English Words in Restaurants!

39

Top 10 National Breakfast Restaurants

40

The Weirdest Requests I've Ever Gotten from Customers

41

Restaurants Are LYING To You About Homemade Food!

42

10 Things People Steaal From Restaurants

43

Think Twice Before You’re Rude to Restaurant Staff

44

How to Order Wine Like a Pro

45

Find Out How Much Strippers Make.

46

Top 10 BEST Handheld Foods

47

Inside a Restaurant Shift

48

The Most Commonly Mispronounced Words on Menus

49

Dining Etiquette Rules

50

The Real Story Behind Service Industry Pay Revealed

51

How to Upsell Like a Pro

52

No Taxes on Tips?

53

The DoorDash Power Play: Deliveroo + SevenRooms

54

Will TRUMP Tariffs Destroy Your Favorite Restaurants?

55

Clase Azul Tequila: Is It Overrated or Worth Every Penny?

56

How Underage Drinkers Outsmart the System

57

Why These Bar Glasses Are A Nightmare to Use!

58

Is HAPPY HOUR Really Illegal in Some States?

59

What Restaurant Workers "Steal" From Work

60

Ranking the Top 10 Restaurant Breads

61

The Truth About Why Waiters Wear Black

62

Why Restaurants Give Free Bread (It's Not Just Kindness!)

63

Chicken Wing Appropriation: The Disappearance of the Whole Wing

64

The Fascinating History of Ranch Dressing Revealed

65

The Restaurant Reservation Problem:

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The Most Outrageous Restaurant Complaints Ever

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67

Fresh vs. Frozen: The Shocking Truth About Your Seafood

68

The Shocking Reason You'll Be Tipping Less This Year!

69

5 EASY WAYS TO SUCCEED in the Service Industry!

70

The Future of Dining: 5 Innovations You Can't Miss

71

Why EVERYONE Should Work in the Service Industry (At Least Once)

72

What Makes CHICK FIL A a Billion Dollar Empire?

73

Boneless Wing Debate: Saucy Nuggets or Not?

74

Las Vegas Steakhouse Showdown: Cheap Eats to High-End Dinners

75

Do Restaurant Waiters HATE When You Order THESE Items?

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76

Sebastian Maniscalco's FUNNIEST Bill Splitting Story!

77

Top 10 Restaurant Movies

78

National Guacamole Day

79

Untold Stories Behind Classic Restaurant Movie Waiting

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80

Work BFFs

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81

National Rum Day

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10 Challenges Every Restaurant Waiter Faces

83

10 Things You May Not Know About Restaurants

84

9 Bizarre Alcohol Combinations That May Actually Taste Amazing

85

Our Buffalo Trip: Friends, Food, and Falls | Modern Waiter Podcast Recap

86

Asking a Chef: How a Restaurant Order *actually* Comes to Life

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87

Red, White, and Food: July 4th Food Favorites

88

Don't Eat This on A First Date | Podcast Episode

89

Hilarious & Annoying: The 10 Types of Diners Waiters Know Too Well

90

5 Tips For Servers - Advice For Making MORE Money ($100K+ / Year)

91

Beyond 'You're Welcome': Polite Ways to Respond to 'Thank You'.

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92

Where Should You Go On a First Date?

93

How to Treat a Bartender (According to a Bartender)

94

Can Waiters Really Spot Bad Tippers? Break Room Ep.

95

How to Eat Alone and Not Be Scared (Tips for Solo Dining)

96

How to Quit Your Restaurant Job and Land Your Next Gig

97

Terpene Tales: Culinary Cannabis With Chef Travis Petersen

98

5 Things You Should Never Order at a Restaurant

99

Restaurant Advice I Wish Someone Told Me With Chef Ashish Alfred

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100

Do Waiters Actually Spit in People’s Food at Restaurants?

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101

Cheers to March Madness: The Ultimate Booze Bracket

102

Why Restaurant Servers hate Your Birthday Celebration

103

Extinction of the Pizza Delivery Driver

104

Unveiling the Truth About Top-Rated Restaurants

105

Valentine's Day Reality Check

106

Secrets of a Personal Chef ft. Chef Gason Nelson

107

10 Tools Waitstaff Must-Have for Seamless Service.

108

12 Restaurant Trends to Look for in 2024

109

Restaurant Secret: Dead Plate

110

Unspoken Rules Every Restaurant-Goer Should Know

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111

Surviving the Service Industry: The Hidden Risks for Restaurant Workers!

112

Problem Table

113

Chef Does Not Mince Words

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114

Christmas on the Clock

115

Journalist Turned Server

116

Season 6 Kick Off

117

Success Story: Pt. 1. World Famous Parrot Lounge

118

4th Annual Holiday Food Draft

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119

Don’t Call It a Come Back

120

Trip To Nashville

121

Why Is The Pumpkin Spiced Late So Popular?

122

Leap of Faith

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123

Customer Red Flags

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124

What I Learned From Working in the Service Industry

125

Hotel Service

126

Bachelor Party in Atlantic City

127

The Best Breakfast Cereal of All Time Pt 2

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128

The Best Breakfast Cereal of All Time Pt 1

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129

Day Drinking

130

Back to Front

131

Restaurant Movie Pt. 10: Diner (1982)

132

Drinking Game

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133

National Watermelon Day

134

How do closing shifts work in the restaurant?

135

Seniority

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136

Opening Shift

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137

Restaurant Waiters Answer Your Questions

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138

Danny’s restaurant just got a new P.O.S (Point of Sale) system

139

Things Your Restaurant Manager Wants You to Know

140

Restaurant Vocabulary

141

The Worst Holidays to Work

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142

Create an Effective Menu.

143

National waitstaff day

144

Why do 60 Percent of Restaurants Fail?

145

Servers Admit to Lying to You | Podcast Episode

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146

The Server and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Table.

147

Mastering the Art of Service: The Essential Steps of Service for Restaurant Waiters

148

How to Deal With an Incompetent Manager

149

Bad Restaurant Etiquette.

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150

How to Take a Food Order

151

How to Become a Restaurant Waiter

152

Seasonal Waiter

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153

How Buffets Restaurant Make Money

154

Pros and Cons of Restaurant Reservations

155

Fancy Restaurant

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156

Perception of Time

157

Black Inventors

158

Pie

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159

Restaurant Movie Pt. 9: Boiling Point (2021)

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160

Restaurant Podcast Journey Pt. 2

161

Restaurant Podcast Journey Pt 1

162

Restaurant Staff Meetings

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163

Why Do Restaurant Servers Hate Hot Tea?

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164

The Chef Effect: With Dave Kenney

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165

Tipped: With Barbara Sloan

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166

Bartending: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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167

Restaurant Jeopardy

168

How to Find a Good Restaurant

169

3rd Annual Holiday Food Draft

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170

There Is Something in My Food

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171

Music Is My Life: Las Vegas

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172

Shift Drinks Vegas With Jay Salonga

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173

Black People

174

Waiting on Older People

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175

Celebrating 200 Episodes

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176

Slow Season

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177

Confidence vs. Competence

178

Blurred Lines

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179

Restaurant Thief

180

How to Handle Cheap People

181

Restaurant Best and Worst

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182

Quirky Waiter Habits

183

Restaurant Dessert with Michael Muñoz

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184

What Ever Happened To...?

185

What's In Your Apron?

186

Restaurant Movie Pt. 8 Burnt

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187

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode with Cooper

188

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

189

What Happens in Vegas

190

National Fried Chicken Day

191

How to tip

192

Bread Service

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193

The Dumbwaiter

194

Control Your Tables

195

Judging Your Tables Pt. 2 with Omar

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196

Judging Your Tables

197

Why Shift Drinks?

198

Night Shift

199

Bar Life Pt. 2 (Pros and Cons)

200

Bar Life Pt. 1 (Dos and Don'ts)

201

St. Patrick's Day

202

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode with Nichole

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203

Why Do People Hate Restaurant Servers?

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204

Restaurant Misconceptions

205

National Chip and Dip Day

206

Inclusion

207

Review the Reviews Pt. 3

208

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode with Raw Chef Carla.

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209

Level Up

210

Restaurant Technology

211

Restaurant Movie Pt. 7: Good Burger

212

Leaving the Restaurant Industry

213

Crossing the Line

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214

Restaurant Shoes

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215

Training a Restaurant Server

216

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode Rude and Angry Guests

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217

Moose of Wall Street

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218

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode Dry January

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219

Upselling Pt. 2

220

Resolutions

221

Buffets

222

Get Out!

223

Airport Service

224

Hosts Pt. 2

225

3rd Anniversary Q & A

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226

Restaurant Movie Pt. 6: Dinner Rush

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227

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode with Ashley and Froggie aka Chris G.

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228

2nd Annual Holiday Food Draft

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229

Let's Get Personal

230

The Tables Are Turned

231

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode with Glue Guy (Ralph) and Smooth Guy (Roy)

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232

Steps of Service and Beyond with Jay Salonga

233

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode in Vegas With Ryan

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234

Beat the Grind

235

Drama in the Restaurant

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236

Shift Drinks bonus episode with Webb and Omar

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237

Lies Servers Tell

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238

Weather

239

Gay in the Restaurant

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240

Football

241

Service Industry Abroad Pt. 2

242

Shift Drinks Bonus Podcast with Rachel

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243

Teamwork

244

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode w/ Ashton

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245

Saying No Pt. 2

246

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode

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247

The Customer is Always Right

248

Strip Clubs

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249

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode w/ Omar

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250

Pooling Tips

251

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode w/ Chris G

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252

Drugs

253

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode w/ Jimmy G

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254

Anatomy of a S#*t Show

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255

Shift Drinks Bonus Episode

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256

How to Pay the Check

257

Cell Phones

258

Mispronunciations

259

Know What Grinds My Gears?

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260

Help Wanted Pt. 2

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261

Help Wanted

262

Eating Utensils Pt. 2: Design & Use

263

The History of Eating Utensils

264

Restaurant Movies: Pt. 5 Big Night

265

Candy Rush

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266

Mother's Day

267

Waiting on Service Industry People

268

Hospitality North of the Border With Matt Glover

269

Industry Profile: With Scott Lustig

270

Kids

271

Paying Your Dues

272

Brandon Tendler

273

Working Doubles

274

Server Secrets

275

Needy Guests

276

How to Deal With Difficult Managers

277

Virtual Kitchens

278

You Are How You Eat

279

The Big Game

280

How to Memorize Your Orders

281

Level Up Your Service

282

Restaurant Movies: Pt. 4: Chef

283

Are You Done With the Restaurant Biz?

284

Holiday Blues

285

Dating in The Restaurant Pt. 2

286

Dating in The Restaurant

287

Holiday Food Draft

288

The Art of Getting Cut

289

Specials

290

Drew Talbert

291

Shop Talk : Jason Raymond Pt. 2

292

Shop Talk : Jason Raymond

293

Shift Drinks

294

The State of The Industry

295

Vacation

296

100th Episode

297

Restaurant Movies: Pt. 3. Waiting

298

Oldest Restaurants In America

299

Top 10 Things Guests Do That Tick Off Your Server

300

Breakfast

301

Crappy Day

302

How to Order Like a Boss

303

Applying For A Job

304

Restaurant Movies Pt. 2: The Slammin' Salmon

305

Separate Checks

306

Fun With Co-Workers

307

Ice Cream

308

The Cash-Out

309

July 4th

310

Back to Work Pt. 2.

311

Uniforms

312

Restaurant Movies: Pt. 1 Ratatouille

313

The Pivot

314

Back to Work

315

Taking a Break

316

Brandon Bradley: Restauranteur and Author

317

Happy Birthday

318

Bonus Podcast: Friend of the Show Jerry Melgoza

319

Quarantine Life pt 5. Drinks

320

Quarantine Life pt 4. Disaster Prepper

321

Quarantine Life Pt 3. Fitness

322

Bonus Podcast: Managing partner Fred Graham

323

Quarantine Life Pt. 2 Food

324

Bonus Podcast: Private Chef Kevin Andraska

325

Quarantine Life pt 1. Adjusting

326

Spring Break

327

Rona And The Restaurant

328

Details

329

Restaurant Nightmares

330

Restaurant Menu Best and Worst

331

F.A.Q.

332

First Day

333

Valentine's Day

334

You're Cut Off

335

Closing Shift

336

Brunch

337

Generosity

338

Large Parties

339

In The Kitchen with Mateo Rodrigues

340

Christmas

341

The Schedule

342

The Restaurant Dream

343

1 Year Anniversary Show

344

Thanksgiving

345

Career Day

346

Being Late

347

"Pet" Peeves

348

8 Reasons Why Being a Waiter Sucks!

349

10 Reasons to Be a Waiter

350

Quirky Things Guests Do

351

Raw Chef Carla

352

Restaurant Stereotypes

353

Handling Rude / Angry Guests

354

That Looks Like No Fun

355

Aliens and Robots

356

Confessions of a Server

357

I Quit Pt. Two

358

I Quit

359

Vegas Baby

360

Regulars

361

Fast Food

362

Hosts

363

Restaurant GM Coach

364

Flirting With Your Server

365

A Man With A Dram

366

Weeded

367

Restaurant Musician

368

Late Diners

369

The Power of Cash

370

Upselling

371

Corporate Vs Private Part 2

372

Corporate vs Private

373

How to Get Free Stuff

374

Working Holidays

375

Food Safety

376

Sending Food Back

377

End of an Era

378

People That Annoy You

379

Pros vs. Joes

380

Restaurant Story Time

381

Restaurant Owner

382

Review The Reviews 2

383

Bartending Pt. 2

384

Bartending Pt. 1

385

Restaurant Terminology

386

Day Shift vs Night Shift

387

Table Sharks and Sidework

388

Taking Orders: Pen or No Pen

389

Saying No!

390

Service Industry Abroad

391

Review the Reviews

392

Favorite Types of Guests

393

Restaurant Secrets

394

What is Good Service?