Whiskey Fridays

The rules of how we interact with restaurants and the service industry at large are changing. But not without significant confusion, pushback, and sometimes outright belligerence.

The restaurant industry as we know it is fundamentally broken and inequitable, a fact made all too clear during the pandemic when restaurant and service workers were hailed as essential, while simultaneously being chronically underpaid and overworked.

Jenny Zavala, chef-owner of Philly’s Juana Tamale, joins Kate to dig into the tricky territory of tipping, what it means to pay a true living wage, and why the restaurant industry’s infamously slim margins aren’t a reason for owners and chefs to resist changing the model.

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Host
Kate Tyson

What is Whiskey Fridays?

Real talk at the heart of creative entrepreneurship with Kate Tyson and John Gerber.

Kate and John, longtime small business advisors, drink whiskey while dishing hard-won wisdom for entrepreneurs and leaders. We also publish "Boss Talks" episodes: interviews with leaders on new possibilities in business and economics and are possibly the only business podcast out there to feature special musical guests.