When I offered Yuja the half sandwich the waiter had wrapped, she accepted.
None of the 11 pastas, on a busy and very loud Saturday night, were available in half orders, the waiter said; we opted out.
I'd half expected the waiter to come around and adorn my soup with grated Parmesan and extra-virgin olive oil, but the fanesca I got was palpably authentic — proof, I surmised, that the Trattoria Novecento, like so many New York restaurants of whatever ethnicity, had at least one Ecuadoran in the kitchen.
In settling the sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the attorney general a year ago, the Ciprianis promised that half the waiters they hired over the next three years would be women.
The Ciprianis settled the case in July 2000, promising that half the waiters they would hire over the next three years would be women.
The chefs are all from southern Brazil, as are about half the waiters, who receive several months' training at the Brazilian sites to make sure they master the mechanics and theatrics.
During one dinner at a half-Chinese, half-Italian restaurant, the waiter told my friend the egg roll he ordered simply would not come out.
Certainly Zachary Spicer--who only appears in this half as Walter the waiter's deus ex machina barrister son Walter--knows whandglint and spark is required.
The regular menu comes with an insert of daily specials, which for some reason is only half-complete -- the waiter comes to the table at the focaccia stage and recites three or four more.
"DON'T WAIT TOO LONG to eat," the waiter half-whispered, bending slightly so the other diners wouldn't hear.
