Subject: Missouri Restaurant Association

• Allegro Non Troppo

  June 27, 2002

• Missouri Rep. Jason Grill fires first shot for calories on menus

  Before yesterday, I'd never heard of Missouri State Rep. Jason Grill, but the young Democrat from the Kansas City area's 32nd district has sponsored a bill to put calorie information on menu boards. House Bill 755 would "require food service establishments that are one of a group of 15 or more doing business nationally to display calorie information to consumers on menu boards. The caloric information will be required to be located alongside prices and similar in size."On his blog, Grill writes

  February 27, 2009

• Servers fight back!

  Library of Congress Waiters Strike, 1910 Tomorrow, a delegation of servers wearing customized aprons ("Save Our Tips" is embroidered on the front, "Stop House Bill 258" is on the back) will arrive in Jefferson City to lobby members of the Missouri House of Representatives to vote no on House Bill 258, which would roll the minimum wage for tipped servers back to what it was 15 years ago. I was a waiter 15 years ago, so I can personally attest to how lousy that minimum wage was! House

  March 23, 2009

• The Last Laugh

  Jimmy Frantze endures unsuccessful negotiations to keep Frondizi's, but the Missouri Restaurant Association gives him his just desserts.

  December 27, 2007

• This Weeks Day-By-Day Picks

  March 4, 2004