Rags To Dishes

In this Episode of Rags To Dishes the crew is once again joined by elite superstar company in Samantha Jones. Sammi brings her dear friend Jack Haven. Jack is also quite the superstar themselves starring in productions such as Netflix's "Atypical" and more recently "I Saw The TV Glow" Both guests bring an authentic vibe and Sammi's second appearance goes just as expected with attitude and love for...

In this edition of R2D the crew is joined by Chef Tashyna Marrero! Currently out of East Providence and originally from New Bedford Tashyna has worked her way through JWU and then to the big apple where she learned the grindset mentality that NYC brings. Back now in New England she's worked at some of the bigger names as well like Little Moss and Big King. She's also like met and showcased for Eme...

In the century mark episode of the greatest service industry podcast to ever spawn come the creators of the creators. Jaime, mother of Max; and the late great Maggie, mother of Dan join the podcast in separate interviews to teach our audience a little history behind the hosts of this podcast that's now made it 100 episodes

Keeping it short and sweet for Ep99. Dan and Max talk the obvious sports and politics of the time with "Presider" Trump in office and Wayne Gretzky to follow. Some updates on the future of the podcast as well as some recent experiences eating out with your hosts!

Stu Meltzer joins the crew for episode 98 of R2D to teach us about fish and the world around the market of it. Owner of Fearless Fish Market in Providence, RI Stu is working to bring Ikijime fish to the mainstream and gives us a deep dive on the market of it and the world surrounding the method itself. Pandemic adjusting, Chicago seafood importing, and a borderline stalker former employee acting w...

Longtime homie of the pod Dan Bryant returns for his 3rd episode to talk about his current role in the service industry. A more corporate setting restaurant has Dan doing larger quantities of food as well as feeling more taken care of in his employment. From Nu-Metal's resurgence, bears, shitty coworker stories, an acquired suit of armor, and the future of our favorite Narragansett restaurant...

Coffee lord Casey Belisle joins the crew for episode 96. Casey another former Boltian talks to us about his starts at Whole Foods and the saddest firing we've ever heard of. Its not all sad however as Casey teaches us about Guitar Center and how he was taken in by the coffee titans that Bolt Coffee was led by. Eventually becoming a leader for the team themselves, Casey tells us about balancing...

Kamila, a self proclaimed "De-Influencer" joins the crew for a truly deep episode 95. From working at multiple establishments across Providence, they gained vast experience working in the industry. (with a little help from Tony) From Los Andes, to Bolt Coffee to other not named restaurants and nonprofits Kam has taken it all in and radicalizes us about how important "Going out to ea...

Kyle Gallup joins the crew for a rambunctious episode 94. Max drops some foreshadowed hockey takes and the boys debate Happy Gilmore vs. Billy Madison for the better Adam Sandler movie. Kyle takes us into his early childhood jobs at a breakfast nook into a young role at Crazy Burger during the "Golden Era" of the establishment. The crew talks cigarette etiquette as well as some Chris Sch...

Hanna Awwad joins the squad for another episode to talk Caesar salads. From a hot take about lettuce to constructing her own rubric of the 3 C's to accurately rate Caesar salads, Hanna knows what she's talking about here and runs a review account to showcase it. The crew talks acceptable substitutions as well as some local favorites as well as not as favorable Caesars as well. We talk time...

In this weeks edition of R2D Spencer Bennett joins the crew to talk the talk.. well not all of it NYC will be another episode. Working for a handful of restaurants in Atlanta, Spencer learned from notorious TopChef winner Richard Blais. Spence grew in a "Kill & Advance" environment that conditioned him to rise to different heights in cooking.. so much so that Richard Blais totally na...

James Beard nominated chef friends, Nikhil Naiker & Luke Mersfelder join the squad for a seafood packed episode of laughs. Nikhil talks about the new experience of having his own business in the food world, where Luke is in a different space leaving from his reign as Chef of Bywater. Both products of the teachings of notorious Providence chefs Nikhil & Luke talk about what it was like work...

Nico Chace joins the crew this week to talk his industry experience. Get him from the greeks because Nico has beef with his first employers all the way back to Europe itself. Painting a picture of the pretty chill workplace with some weird norms at the famous Plant City and on to becoming Sous Chef of the now deceased Masa Taqueria. (RIP) Stream: Ratsnake & Dogwalker

Olivia Smith returns for a second appearance with friend and former colleague Megan Johnson to give the dish on what its like to work full-time in the Wedding corner of the service industry. From angry mothers to creepy conmen event workers, this episode will tell you everything you need to know about the behind the scenes of weddings and the way people are treated by usually the families of those...

"Jon Cook" joins the crew as someone has finally stepped up to talk about working for a specific Artisanal Bagel place that used to call Providence, RI home. "Jon" also brings other experiences into play as comparison. From childhood food hustles to caramel processing plants and bartending Mr. Cook teaches us a bit about rock climbing as well as a debate about the lowest form o...

In this weeks episode of R2D the crew is joined by a truly unique character in Guinevere Furtado, and of course she's a baker. Guin's been running the vegan baking scene in Providence for a minute now and shares some truly picturesque experiences to how tough being a service industry worker can be. The crew discuss' baking in detail and the personality of a baker and how it can be v...

In this weeks edition of R2D.. TUBA! Tim Brennan returns for the first time in two years with another legend of The Establishment itself Maggie Kain. Maggie gives the crew a quick rundown of her early years in the game in Cincinnati serving Hot Browns as well as some other juicy stories. Maggie then with the help of her 3 former expos relives some of her most insane shifts ever worked over at the...

In this edition of R2D, the crew is joined by Trent Tetreault. A kitchen manager at Plant City, Trent reveals a long line of working in the service industry with an interesting job history that takes the podcast down a route that it hasn't been before. Working 3rd shift in a casino running Buffett is an angle that hasn't been touched on the podcast and from the nap rooms to being tipped...

In this weeks edition of R2D Julian Forgue.. Yes THE Julian Forge of Julians joins the crew for a unique conversation and history lesson about the industry and the city of Providence. A self proclaimed "Egg Marine" Julian opened one of the cities most popular and sought after restaurants in all of Rhode Island in 1994. Today Julian is somewhat banned from his own (no longer his) establis...

On this weeks edition of R2D, Oliver Marcionetti joins the crew to talk industry.  Oliver talks his days dishwashing and prepping clamcakes at local seafood shack Monahans and how he was able to transition over to FOH once he was hired at the legendary Turtle Soup in Narragansett. Bouncing around during college in Vermont he also bartended, served, and worked catering for weddings during his tenur...

In this weeks edition the crew brings back Troop PVD's Food Director and culinary guru JT! R2D runs it back a little on JT's past episode 39 and the establishments that are still rocking and the ones that have closed doors.. The crew gets very off topic about consumption of human meat and cannibalism but eventually tie it back to this years PVDfest plans vs. how it has been done in the p...

In this weeks episode of R2D the team is joined by the wonderful Olivia Smith who helped work the second popup for industry night at Figidini. The crew talks orcas as well as bistro vs burg comparisons before they get into the juice that was the popup. Gorg burgers, Ferraris, all the good stuff that you mightve missed if you embarassingly didnt show up yourself.  We're back?

In this weeks amplified episode of Rags To Dishes: John Kirk, Masa Taqueria founder and providence chef comes on the show to discuss a whole 2 hours worth of bullshit with our dearest hosts. The crew talks Ogies Trailer Park, and how the toxicity of late night service industry work can result in bad choices and mental heath in the somewhat beautifully disgusting culture of bars. Dcot and John nerd...

In this weeks edition of R2D, the crew is back at it again talking sports without a guest LOL. Mostly off topic however the hosts discuss Boston Chef Barbara Lynch's recent expose about abusing her employees and checking all the box's for being a bad restaurant owner as well as other bad things about the city of Boston. Dan talks about a recent adventure to Providence's own "Gr...

In the return of The Rags To Dishes Podcast... our hosts maybe talk industry for 20min. Just a heads up its a rusty one. The Knicks playoff destiny, deep analysis of Lil Uzi Vert & Lil Yachty on Dcots end. Mixology with Max and why making Old Fashioneds sucks, as well as the somewhat conspiracy of whether Stevie Wonder has some form of vision. Some per usual hot takes, a few boneheaded brain f...