This is in no way meant to be funny, because I know without question that folks are forced to work while sick all the time, and it's shameful.

But I used to work in university food service as a manager, and I had a kid that worked for me call out because "the doctor says I have worms." I had absolutely no problem…

Yeah, owners getting tips is definitely illegal. I just noticed four or five replies where servers or former servers mentioned tipping out the kitchen staff. I just don't believe it happens statistically that often, if the number of replies is correlated to the general population.

Not directed towards you, CAP, just in general - where the hell are all these fantasy restaurant where the kitchen staff gets tipped out? I've worked in restaurants for 15 years, and the only place I ever worked in where the kitchen staff got a "tip out" was a chef-owned restaurant where the owners also got "tipped…

C.A. - Fantastic article. This is a very thorough but easy-to-understand layout of the whole issue. One quibble - Packhouse I believe is in Covington rather than Lexington.

You must live near me in Louisville. All this talk about fast food burgers and I've just been thinking "seriously, not one person has mentioned the WC?"

I've never had the pleasure of eating at Taco John's, or consuming a serving of Potatoes Ole. But I would definitely give them a whirl.

I ordered "duck fat tater tots" at a schmancy restaurant the other day. I guess I was sort of expecting house-made latkes or something, but - nope, here's a plate of obviously frozen commercial tater tots that we have fried in duck fat. Served with curried ketchup and roasted garlic aioli to dip in, they were, well,…