I know most of us in the industry know how to tip or even tip too much but here is a list of the WORST and BEST Tippers from Bartender Magazine. Agree or disagree? Share your thoughts because of course, there is always exceptions.

The best tippers:

• Restaurant People
• Regular Customers
• Small Business Owners
• Hairdressers
• Liquor Salesmen
• Limo Drivers
• Salesmen

The…

This just in from BevNET.com. So what are the implications of this for our industry? If non-alcoholic drinks can be banned for the safety of our children, what's next? The Big Mac? Coffee?

From BevNET.com: "Kentucky youths may have to turn to another source for their morning caffeine jolt if the state's legislature passes a bill introduced Friday that would ban energy drink sales to minors. Beverage and convenience store industry professionals say the proposed bill unfairly targets…

For about the last week or so, we have been experimenting with using Google Adwords embedded inside Google Maps. The typical CPC (cost per click) Google Adwords campaign is extremely expensive to run. Try to be one of the top sponsored results for "pizza" or "…

Of course, that depends on who you ask. As a hungry consumer, I applaud Google’s recent decision to include more local business results. Check out this search for restaurants in my town:…

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Last week I visited a large mining and oil & gas trade show. This was probably one of the biggest showings of mining, oil and gas, new energy, commodities and fuel sources. It’s the kind of show where you, as a potential investor, get to walk around and talk to and meet up to 400+ different companies, wanting you to buy their stocks. I’m sharing this experience since, luckily, it was NOT a hospitality…

Introducing London's most expensive set menu:

At £1000-a-head, a seven-course culinary extravaganza - a snip for bonus-engorged bankers in the City of London - the Square Mile.

The menu was designed by Farringdon Street wine bar Vivat Bacchus after customers asked for a special tasting menu to celebrate the bonus season. Co-owner Neleen Strauss said: "Some of our regular customers

are always up for fun. I asked them how much their bonus was and how

much they were…

And One Surprising Way to Triple My Morning Order!

I don’t like a lot of acknowledgment when I go out to eat. Maybe it’s the Yankee in me. Keep your distance, please. Some people want to go where everybody knows your name. Not me. A smile and a bit of friendly talk is more than enough. I get uncomfortable when it’s more than that—it’s like I’m being watched. It happens occasionally when I’m out shopping, too, but not nearly as often as at…

I was fortunate to be invited to the last Tour de Champagne in Atlanta. It was at the Ritz Carlton Downtown. The whole room was enlighted with so many Champagne houses that were pouring their best cuvees. For a minimal fee to enter the 3 hour event, you could enjoy POMMERY, KRUG, RUINART, VRANKEN, HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE (the "Blue Top" was the only Champagne featured in the Wine Spectator top 100 wines) as well as many other main brands but also small producers like HEMART, GOERG...

It…

I know where you are right now because I’ve been there.

I‘ve been in the restaurant business for over 25…