Our regular Guest Host, Chef Andrew Gruel of Slapfish, has been on the road. We’ll hear about his Pop-Up Dinner series in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and other news of note .

Chef Andrew was just in Williamsburg, Brooklyn doing three-seatings at Loosie’s Kitchen for his “One Night (Fish) Stand, Water–to-Table, five-course prix-fix sustainable seafood menu. Locally sourced seafood was on the menu and used in his signature lobster burger and an “ultimate” fish taco with Montauk tilefish.

Chef Andrew also weighs-in on Union Square Hospitality Group’s innovative plan to eliminate tipping in all of their 13 high-profile New York restaurants. The goal is to create a fair wage system for all employees including the back-of-the-house folks who don’t ever share in the gratuities.

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