This Restaurant Gives Away Its Profits And Hires People In Need When the upscale eatery P.S. Kitchen opened in New York’s theater district this August, its plant-based menu reflected one way to encourage social change. The plant-based menu, of course, advocates a more sustainable food system. But co-owners Craig Cochran and Jeffrey LaPadula, who are also part of the four-person
Continue reading Corbella: Death of another iconic restaurant a sign of bad times in Calgary Another iconic downtown Calgary restaurant is closing its doors and in so doing is opening a wider window into understanding just how tough things are for many small businesses in the city’s downtown. On Friday night, Catch & the Oyster Bar served its last dreamy bowl of
Continue reading Seattle’s Cook Shortage Could Affect Your Next Restaurant Tab In the six weeks that Parker Butterworth spent as a line cook at stylish Capitol Hill restaurant Stateside, he lost count of how many crispy duck rolls—a signature dish—he made. But he was acutely aware of how little money he brought home. The 30-year-old political consultant entered the culinary arts program
Continue reading Low wages, small workforce leaves booming B.C. restaurants without chefs The restaurant industry may be booming in British Columbia, but a combination of the high cost of living, tight profit margins and a shrinking workforce has made it difficult for kitchens to find enough staff. Eric Pateman, president of Edible Canada, said the company’s restaurant at Vancouver’s popular tourist destination
Continue reading Good cooks are quitting the kitchen, and that’s bad news for your favourite restaurant If I hadn’t gone to cooking school or spent six years working in Toronto kitchens, I wouldn’t be who I am today: a writer, not a cook. Cooking is a wonderful art, skill, trade and craft. But as a career, it stinks: The ratio of work
Continue reading Restaurants Are the New Factories Donald Trump’s ideal economy is defined by brawn. He praises steelworkers, speaks wistfully of coal mining, and tweets boastfully about new manufacturing factories. But 200 days into his presidency, the most promising sector of the U.S. labor market isn’t steel-plating. It’s dinner-plating. Restaurant jobs are on fire in 2017, growing faster than health care, construction,
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