INSIDEDISH – Begin your search for restaurant jobs here

My name is Pete Fasanelli and I have been both a waiter and bartender in New York for close to 20 years.  insidedish is a site dedicated to waiters and bartenders everywhere.  It is designed to be a  tool for industry professionals to use in order to gain positive insight on their career.  Even if you’re a budding hollywood star and your role in the restaurant industry will be short-lived, this website will help you to have a bit more control over your working environment.

I came up with the idea for insidedish while I was living in my cramped apartment in Astoria in 2004.  I was pounding the pavement as a struggling actor and again also looking for a bartending gig.  After about a week of unsuccessful searching for restaurant work, I was beginning to realize that it was just as hard as getting an acting gig!  The problem was that even when I found a place that was hiring bartenders (which was extremely difficult!), I usually ended up ”86ing” the place after a week or so because of certain factors that I wasn’t aware of when I was hired.  You know, the things that the manager or training waiter won’t tell you, like:  “It’s a pooled house”  or “It’s impossible to get a dinner shift” or “You can only make 50 bucks on a friday night”.  Meanwhile, I’m back out looking for a job, it’s a week later and I’m totally out of money.

I thought to myself, There must be a way to filter this information so that I know to avoid certain restaurants that won’t be for me, and pursue heavily the ones that are, much like the way I would pursue an agent or casting director, weeding out the ones that aren’t a good fit.  I started to develop the idea for insidedish and now, five years later, I’ve decided to bring it to my long-time brothers and sisters in the restaurant world.

What it is:

Insidedish serves many purposes.  It’s a tool–as essential as your wine key–that waiters and bartenders can use to find out the inside dish on many restaurants all over the country!  Waiters and bartenders will provide us with accurate, anonymous information about the places that they’ve worked, through forms on this site, so that others may benefit from their knowledge.  It won’t get you a job, as of now, but it will give you a starting point as to where to look for one.

In addition, insidedish will feature the TIPS Card (The Insidedish Preferential Service card).  This is a clever idea that I invented that will surely get you a 20% or more tip on any given table!  Click here for more details.

The TIPS card really works!  I will be selling them here on the website for you to give out at your discretion.  I know, you’re saying “selling?“  Okay…websites aren’t cheap and I’m working on a more professional, more expensive version of this database as you’re reading this.  We’ll need to take in some money to be able to bring you more good s**t!  Also, do the math!  Each time one of these cards work out for you, bear in mind the small amount you had to pay to get it!

I’m also presenting the insidedish store.  In our store you’ll be able to buy shirts, hats, bags and other products that have the insidedish logo on it so that others will soon identify you as an outstanding server, tipper or both!

Also enjoy articles from myself and other servers in this industry about positive experiences they’ve had and other tips on making tips and surviving in the servers market.

I’m glad to finally be able to give back to the others I’ve shared time with in this extraordinarily rough industry.  Hopefully, together we can make it more profitable and more enjoyable.

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