Editor’s note January 24th, 2024: Since writing this original interview, Chef Davis has been nominated by The James Beard Foundation as Best Chef in California as well as opened his restaurant in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland. His food is comforting, delicious and full of nostalgia while still being elevated.

There are a few ways that you may inadvertently upset your server without even knowing it, so try not to do these four things.

LITTLE FRENCH PIGGY SANDWICH REVIEWS: At least once a week I take a walk or ride my bike to a different San Francisco eatery for lunch.  I’ve been doing this on and off for about 15 years now. The only rules are that the place must be locally owned AND must feed a full-sized, french piggy for under $20.

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Having been a restaurant server for almost two score, I’ve seen it all.* I know the things that customers can say or do that will automatically make me want to give them better service. Shockingly, telling me they’re a big tipper isn’t one of them because the people who say

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They may pretend to care as they half-heartedly sing a birthday song to you along with their co-workers who care even less, but it’s all a charade

Every restaurant has a cardboard box stashed away somewhere that serves as a lost and found department. Customers are notoriously forgetful when it comes to their belongings and leave things behind that makes you wonder how on earth they would ever forget that?