The Dream of a 40-Hour Work Week

The Dream of a 40-Hour Work Week

Chef hours have been notoriously extreme for pretty much as long as there have been restaurants. Is that just part of the job or is it a lack of imagination? A lot of people in the food world are very, very excited about Vyn, for all of the typical reasons that people...
The Economy of Desire

The Economy of Desire

Is this the moment when restaurants finally adopt dynamic pricing? And if so, what does it say about us? There is this bar in San Diego, California that used to game the price of its tequila shots. In 2016, the Blind Burro (we don’t name these places, folks, we just...