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By the Best Served Creative Team - Angry Olive Consulting's Sister Company “It’s harder, takes longer and costs more money than you...

By Andrew Parr The restaurant industry is losing outstanding, highly skilled, loyal employees at a remarkable pace. The reasons are...

By Andrew Parr The restaurant industry suffers from 73% annual turnover (don’t even get me started on the numbers through the pandemic)...

By Katie O'Hara The first time I met the boss who would later become not only the most influential person I’ve ever had the honor of...

By Andrew Parr Either you have already read Part I of our Clubhouse Series, “The Clubhouse App for Restaurants: What Is It and Why Is It...

By Andrew Parr Clubhouse is self-described as “The Social Audio App.” Hmm, still scratching your head? Do you remember the heyday of...

By Ian Stonebrook The Best Served Podcast Team is all about content creation and social sharing. Always pushing each other, Jensen...

By Jensen Cummings The Denver food scene recently lost a living legend. Hear from his son, Danny Wang, about the life, learning, and...

By Jensen Cummings It’s tempting to over polish every photo you post because you want to put your best food forward. We also struggle...

By Jensen Cummings “You’re hired!! Your first day at the restaurant is Monday. Why don’t you come in at 2 to do your paperwork? We’ll...

By Jensen Cummings A menu is the fundamental tool that restaurants use to sell their product. Is it merely the Sears catalog or the sales...

By Sophie Braker A few weeks ago, when Jensen Cummings (founder of Best Served and Chief Why Officer at Angry Olive) and I were...

By Jensen Cummings Our connections to the foods we grew up with are some of the deepest and most timeless we will ever encounter. The...

By Jensen Cummings If your restaurant is hiring (that’s all of you), it’s likely that your hiring posts fall well short of attracting...

By Jensen Cummings Eric Davies found himself (like many others) laid off due to the Pandemic. He had to come face to face with the...

By Jensen Cummings When you think about the journey that your ancestors had to embark upon and the sacrifices they had to make to get you...

By Jensen Cummings I often reflect on my personal journey from punk kid to dishwasher to line cook to chef to owner and to restaurant...

By Andrew Parr What is a something that will not only universally bring people together, but also explicitly express a wide array of...

By Andrew Parr I’m 54 years old; a nice Jewish boy from north suburban Milwaukee. I mention this because, though it may not be of import...

With the COVID pandemic, Asian American and Pacific Islanders have experienced an increase in racism and hate crimes. It is important...