Food & Drinks

How to Become a VIP Guest at Restaurants in Six Easy Steps

You’re dining out wrong, according to a new book. 

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A year and a half ago, a reader posed a newsletter question to the food editor at Bloomberg Pursuits (me): Do restaurant servers hate diners?

To answer that thought-provoking query, I turned to Adam Reiner, a Bloomberg Pursuits contributor and James Beard-winning writer. He spent more than 20 years waiting tables in New York City, everywhere from theme restaurants in Times Square to Carbone, the Grill and Babbo.