Each week, Leticia mixes up a custom drink for her guest — a bartender, chef, server, manager, or nightlife insider — and gets them to spill their wildest, rawest, and most unfiltered stories from the hospitality industry. From insane customer encounters and workplace drama to scandalous hookups and heartfelt moments, nothing is off-limits once the drinks start flowing. If you’ve ever worked in the service industry — or just love hearing the juicy, behind-the-scenes secrets of bar and restaurant life — this podcast is your new guilty pleasure.
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Each week, Leticia mixes up a custom drink for her guest — a bartender, chef, server, manager, or nightlife insider — and gets them to spill their wildest, rawest, and most unfiltered stories from the hospitality industry. From insane customer encounters and workplace drama to scandalous hookups and heartfelt moments, nothing is off-limits once the drinks start flowing. If you’ve ever worked in the service industry — or just love hearing the juicy, behind-the-scenes secrets of bar and restaurant life — this podcast is your new guilty pleasure.
Hookups, Nightmares, and Customer Chaos — Real Restaurant Stories
Sips & Secrets with Leticia Duarte
1 hour 49 minutes
1 week ago
Hookups, Nightmares, and Customer Chaos — Real Restaurant Stories
Ever wonder what really happens when the lights go dim, the doors swing closed, and the restaurant chaos hits full throttle? In this episode, Lou and I pull back the curtain and tell the truth — the messy, hilarious, uncomfortable, sometimes toxic truth — about life in the hospitality world. We talk about the humor that keeps us sane, the customer stereotypes that are a little too accurate, the hookups and “work-only relationships” nobody admits to, and the way this industry forces you out of your shell whether you’re ready or not. We get into fights on the floor, standing up for coworkers, annoying regulars who show up at the worst times, and the secrets behind what you should NEVER order on a busy night. We talk fast money, faster spending, “this generation is soft” moments, the sounds that haunt our nightmares, and how you have to mentally armor up just to survive a slammed shift. It’s raw. It’s chaotic. It’s painfully honest. If you think you know restaurant life — you don’t… until you’ve heard this.
Welcome to Sips & Secrets — where what happens after closing time finally gets talked about.
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Sips & Secrets with Leticia Duarte
Each week, Leticia mixes up a custom drink for her guest — a bartender, chef, server, manager, or nightlife insider — and gets them to spill their wildest, rawest, and most unfiltered stories from the hospitality industry. From insane customer encounters and workplace drama to scandalous hookups and heartfelt moments, nothing is off-limits once the drinks start flowing. If you’ve ever worked in the service industry — or just love hearing the juicy, behind-the-scenes secrets of bar and restaurant life — this podcast is your new guilty pleasure.
