Dry–Uary Mayhem

Today we had special guest and old friend Scott McDowell on the podcast. Scott is running the ship at Jak's Grill in West Seattle. We got deep in the woods on great restaurant stuff here!We talked about restaurant closures, Irish pizza, chowder pizza, annoying QR code menus, work dreams and the how getting slammed is like going to war sometimes!ENJOY!!!

Chef took an adventurous journey to Europe! Today chef and Hammer discuss the differences of Euro dining and culture. This is a great guide to plan your next trip!ENJOY!!!

Hammer and Chef sit down and discuss the minimum wage hike hitting many cities across the country. What is a fare wage in the restaurant business?Enjoy!

Hammer and I have decided to give our livers a break for a while. In this podcast we try a ton of non-alcoholic beers, we prefer the dark ones.We also discuss QR menu ordering at restaurants, self ordering, self checkout at stores and the hopes of us getting back to being social in restaurants again.We also asked the age old question...Can I get a paper menu?Enjoy

A wild first ride with special event coordinator and Christmas enthusiast Stephanie Housden!We dive into Christmas movies, gift giving, the gift of travel, Hammer's crazy trip he has planned, love language and the difference between men and women.A great food centric podcast!Hope you have as much fun listening as we did recording!Cheers!Chef86'd

Like Pumpkin beer? On todays show we taste through pumpkin beers (listed below). We also chat a ton about halloween, the restaurant biz and if it is ok for men to share a blanket.Beers TastedLunar Harvest by Ghostfish BrewingPumpkin Ale by San Juan Island BrewingNight Owl by Elysian BrewingAtomic Pumpkin by New Belgium BrewingPunkin Ale by Dogfish BrewingENJOY!!!

After thousands of requests Hammer and Chef finally did a hot sauce tasting! This one was brutal and fun all wrapped into one episode. We also talk about the West seattle bridge opening and the shenanigans. Hot Sauce Tasted (We purchased all these at Cost Plus World Market)Truff Hot SauceSlap Your Mama Hot SauceThe Reaper Hot SauceDa Bomb Beyond Insanity Hot SauceENJOY!!

Why not try energy drinks for a 10:30 recording, what could go wrong? Hammer and Chef Jeremy bust through the newest energy drinks on the market using brewed tea concentrate and green coffee extract. Energy drinks are a huge part of the restaurant business. We also went on tangents like we usually do but still staying to the script and having tons of laughs. Energy DrinksRiot Energy Drink – Cherry WatermelonStarbucks Baya Energy Drink – Mango GuavaAlani Nu – Cosmic StardustGhost Energy Drink – Sour Patch Blue RaspberryPure North Energy Seltzer – Grapefruit LemonadeENJOY!!!

Jeremy and Hammer sit down with old friend Carsten Rode to discuss Front of House matters. Carsten is one of the many that has left the business to pursue a different career. Carsten is now a well respected acupuncturist. We also taste some asian food delicacies: fried sardines in black bean, durian, black jelly and lychee.ENJOY!

Time to slug down some whiskey and why not taste different ones! Chef Jeremy got inspired by seeing the famous whistle pig bourbon in single airline style.We also chat about getting older, the state of the restaurant world and why hammer is so angry!Tasting list is:BushmillsCrown RoyalPendletonBuffalo TraceWhistlepigEnjoy!!