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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

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At the risk of surprising absolutely nobody, sometimes restaurant customers are just phenomenal cheapskates.

True Tales of the Cheapest Restaurant Customers Ever

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Legit Reasons to Ask to Speak to a Restaurant Manager

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While every restaurant worker's experience is different, there are some commonalities all servers share.

11 Horrible Jokes Restaurant Servers Have Heard a Million Times

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A restaurant server's job involves more than simply bringing food to a table and clearing plates.

The Most Ridiculous Things Servers Have Overheard in Restaurants

Servers hear a lot of the same stuff from customers over and over and over.

34 Things You Should Never, Ever Say to a Restaurant Server

Despite what some (probably terrible) people think, servers do a lot more than bring food and bills.

How to Be Your Server's Favorite Customer

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“Is it ever OK not to tip your server?”

When Is It OK to Stiff a Restaurant Server?

Restaurant customers can often be the lowest of the low -- this is undeniably true.

The 10 Inalienable Rights of Every Restaurant Customer

There are a lot of terrible restaurant customers out there, and they can be terrible in a lot of different ways.

The 7 Restaurant Customers You Meet In Hell

With a few notable exceptions, working a holiday at a restaurant is genuinely atrocious.

Major Holidays, Ranked by How Much They Suck for Restaurant Servers

We talk a lot about terrible restaurant customers, and with good reason: restaurant customers can be awful and horrible, and often lose their tempers for no reason at all.

Legitimate Reasons to Get Mad at Your Restaurant Server

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