Hey everyone, this episode contains some brief but very spicy language and also a movie

spoiler.

So that's fun.

Restaurants are having a moment right now.

The first way I know this is from my streaming queue.

Earlier this year I and a lot of other people binged the bear, a show that captures the

chaos of a working kitchen in precise claustrophobic detail.

There is this one episode that is shot almost entirely in one take and the anxiety of the

work.

You can feel it even as an observer.

This food service moment is not just about Hollywood though.

It's about labor more generally.

Anytime I eat out, I can feel the way the industry is simmering.

You probably can too.

Restaurants are short staffed.

My local sandwich shop is giving workers ownership steaks in the operation.

A few weeks back, the Danish restaurant, Noma, announced it was closing.

It's been voted the best restaurant in the world, five times.

For the world's best restaurant, Noma will close its doors next year, after nearly two

decades in business.

It has also been criticised for the way it's used unpeared interns to create signature

dishes.

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