Your orders have consequences, even if you don't see them. Here's what happens behind the scenes when you make a special request. Greg Baker is a chef, restaurant consultant, and writer with almost 40 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A server writing on a notepad. - fizkes/Shutterstock Ordering off-menu has a bad reputation. Off-menu orders can come off as ...

Los Angeles is full of restaurants offering secret menus and off-the-menu items for customers in the know. From local staples like the tuna melt at Apple Pan and the fried kreplach at Canter's, to the ...

Ordering off-menu has a bad reputation. Off-menu orders can come off as insulting to chefs who put a lot of time and effort into curating the menu and developing recipes. Accommodating off-menu orders ...

In an age where everyone's a self-proclaimed food critic and reservation bots snag the hottest tables before mere mortals can book them, there's still one frontier of dining exclusivity that can't be ...