Industry Sunday

Jake and Kennedy kick off their 27th episode with a recent run in that Jake had with a fan of the show. He called Kennedy crying, and to know the rest you have to tune in!

This episode explores what happens when a venue tries too hard to please everyone who enters a restaurant or bar. Jake and Kennedy want to expose the situations when the customer ISN'T right. They discover a string of stories on Reddit about con artists who go th...

Jake and Kennedy are back with another episode, and this week they feature a Chicago server, friend, and longtime listener of this podcast - Almendra! To her friends, she goes by the nickname "Pez", and she is loved and admired by many of her coworkers for her optimism and kindness. She is the kind of server that rarely gets flustered by a guest, so when she does you know they have to be 10x worse than how she describes them.

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Kennedy and Jake are back with a new episode immediately following a busy weekend. Kennedy spent 5 days at Electric Forest and tells stories from her weekend, and Jake reflects on his weekend at a Pride festival in Chicago. They move on to start the episode with a few current events in the industry - James Corden is still trying to rectify his behavior towards servers in famous restaurants, and a popular hotspot in LA is facing bac...

Jake and Kennedy go back to the basics with an episode just as chaotic as a double shift on a hot patio. They start off by discussing the National Restaurant Show that was just in Chicago that Jake attended, and how cool it is to see how many layers the restaurant industry really has. They move on to commentating on a few scenarios from a highlight reel of Bar Rescue clips. After this, Jake explains a wild conspiracy theory from a ...

Jake and Kennedy introduce a guest that has been listening since day 1 - Derrick (also known as Panda). He reached out to Kennedy after the first episode's release shouting his praises. It was only fitting that eventually Derrick would make his debut on the show! The group starts off by discussing a few different topics, but they mostly focus on a viral tweet that Kennedy saw about a restaurant that had a pet cat for an absurd purp...

Kennedy and Jake start off episode 17 by introducing their newest guest, Casey M.! They begin by discussing two very different topics - when Jake got a DUI as a teenager and then his recent surgery. They move on from there by sharing their thoughts on the recent news about Chipotle suing Sweetgreen, how the Burger King mascot is nightmare inducing, and other current events in the food world. For the bulk of the episode, Casey share...

Join Jake and Kennedy as they introduce their next guest Jessica! She talks about how she got her start in the industry at a Bob Evans in Ohio, and eventually moved her way up to serving at some of the top restaurants in Chicago. She tells stories about insane guests who puke at the table and stay to finish their meal, dealing with tourists, and how she handles getting fired. They end the episode by discussing how most people still...

Join Jake and Kennedy as they discuss Kennedy's recent trip to Los Angeles, and what she observed in the restaurants of La La Land. Jake also takes a moment to reflect on how his first month of sobriety has been, and shares what he has been doing to replace drinking. They move on to discuss Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants, Margaritaville, and the bartenders Kennedy met at Universal Studios Hollywood, which inspired the main topic for...

Jake and Kennedy kick off this episode by discussing what the bars are like in Dallas/Fort Worth Texas. Jake also explains some of his experience so far with going sober along with sharing the benefits and downsides. For most of the episode, they discuss one of the most unknown but interesting stories about Chicago restaurant history - the legend of Mickey Finn and the origin of the term "slip a mickey"! He was a saloon owner in 19...