Vegas Restaurants in Trouble - Recession Woes
The New York Times has posted an amazing article detailing the woes of Vegas restaurants in the recession. The big woes really belong to all the displaced and out of work waiters and staff.
IN the late, lamented boom, waiters at luxury restaurants here could make $150,000 a year and more thanks to the electrifying arrival of high rollers renowned as “the whales.”
Robert Martinez, a 33-year-old waiter at Rao’s in Caesars Palace, said these heavyweights “had wads of $100 bills and gave them to everyone on the staff, and tipped generously on $12,000 to $15,000 checks.”
But now, said Kevin Carter, a 49-year-old waiter at Craftsteak in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, “the whales have migrated.”
At For Chefs in Las Vegas, the Odds Grow Longer - NYTimes.com
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Posted by Jay Brewer at July 17, 2009 8:26 AM
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