Hi! My two best friends and I are going to Europe for a month and we are of course going to London!!

Okay, so what is the best Indian Restaurant in London and where is it located? We want an authentic atmosphere. No chains and no vegetarian only places. We love tikka masala!!

Thanks!

Okay so in my area, Cheesecake Factory, Olive Garden, Legal Sea Foods are all hiring. I’ve only served at privately owned places so I don’t know how much these chains make tip-wise. Has anyone waited tables at any of these locations before? How much did you make a day (lunch, dinner, weekday and weekend please)?

Thanks!

Teenagers, what is your preferred living environment? Here are some options to choose from:

1) Suburban (Same type of housing, same type of chain stores, have to drive to get anywhere)
2) Countryside (Have to drive long distances to get to stores, restaurants, but plenty of natural forests)
3) Urban (City environment, you can ride the bus/subway, walk, or bicycle to restaurants/cafes, stores, museums, libraries, clubs, city parks, supermarkets, etc. There are tons of a things to do a few minutes from your home)

I’m curious to know. I’m a teenager myself, and although I love the countryside, I hope to live in an urban environment in the future. Suburbs are inefficient in my opinion (I live in one) and although I appreciate the general safety, life is monotonous. I have to drive to get anywhere (people don’t know how to drive in my suburb so it’s annoying to drive), I can’t get away from my house without having to drive (no one walks around in a typical suburb and there are no parks or sidewalks), the only stores/restaurants are chains like Wal Mart and Applebee’s, and it’s hard to meet random people (you can join many different groups/clubs in urban cities like New York, Boston, SF that cater to any of your interests).

Like I said, I’m not ragging on suburbs, I appreciate some of their aspects… however I’d much rather live in an urban environment — judging from past month long visits to New York where I have cousins.

I really want to travel to many different foreign countries once I graduate high school but I need to learn a bit of each language. I just want to know what foreign people (or I guess they’d be the locals) think of American tourists? Like if they dressed in a similar fashion and weren’t so open about being a tourist (fanny packs, socks with sandals, camera around the neck) and went to local restaurants and not chains? Personally, I’d want to be the type of American tourist that goes against the typical American stereotype (loud, outspoken and generally unintelligent). Also, if you tried to speak their language but pronounced things wrong, would the locals appreciate the effort?

No chains, please.

Dunkin’ Brands Inc., parent of the Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins chains, said Monday it reorganized some of its executive ranks last Friday. Among the executives let go were Stephen J. Caldeira, Dunkin’
Brands’ chief global communications officer, and Margie Myers, senior
vice president of communications, said spokeswoman Michelle King.

O’Charley’s Inc., parent to 372 casual-dining restaurants under the O’Charley’s, Stoney River Legendary Steaks and Ninety Nine Restaurants chains, said Thursday it has promoted Jeffrey D. Warne to president and chief executive. He also was appointed to the company’s board.

America’s military personnel were remembered throughout the Memorial Day weekend by a number of foodservice chains, including Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Uno Chicago Grill and Boston Market.

Wendy’s and McDonald’s, two of the largest quick-service chains, said they would either purchase or explore sourcing cage-free eggs, as animal welfare, the environment and food quality and safety become more forceful trends in foodservice.

The Massachusetts Public Health Council Wednesday approved new statewide regulations requiring restaurant chains with 20 or more in-state stores to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards, including those stationed at the chains’ drive-thru areas.