Restaurant Review: Teleferic Barcelona in Long Beach is Like a Trip to Spain Without the Passport Our thanks to 2nd & PCH and Teleferic Barcelona for hosting our meal so we could write this detailed review about our experience. We live in Los Angeles and frequently… Johnny Jet , August 16, 2025
Watch Out for These Sneaky Restaurant Scams While Traveling I debated writing this for a few reasons: I don’t want to single out a waiter or a restaurant, and I don’t want to get flack for being cheap, but… Johnny Jet , August 7, 2025
Don’t Fall For It: The Restaurant Tipping Scam That Makes You Tip Extra Without Knowing Tipping has become a real point of contention for many people in the United States. In my humble opinion, tipping is frankly out of control and I’ve written numerous posts… Johnny Jet , July 9, 2025
Why You Can’t Always Trust Restaurant Reviews in London … Or Anywhere, Really I just wrote a post about the announcement of the James Beard Foundation’s 2025 winners for the America’s Classics Awards. I wanted to share this because many travelers prefer eating… Johnny Jet , February 27, 2025
Waiter Demands 20% Tip on Restaurant Bill at Boston’s Logan International Airport and Creates a Social Media Uproar Tipping in the United States has become a hot topic lately and one that we’ve written about frequently. My post: Has tipping in the United States gotten out of control?… Johnny Jet , September 19, 2024
One Writer’s Best Travel Tip is One You’ve Never Heard Before One of my wife’s good friends and former colleague at a Canadian magazine recently shared some unique travel tips in her free Substack newsletter. Helen Racanelli, who has written travel… Johnny Jet , April 1, 2024
Warning: Some Restaurants and Hotel Room Service Try to Pull a Fast One on Guests With This Trick I’m not sure if restaurants are getting sneakier or whether this has been going on for some time but my advice is to always pay attention when you’re signing your… Johnny Jet , March 25, 2024
Never Be Afraid to Ask This Question at a Restaurant When I was in my early 20s and living in Toronto, I started dating a guy who was from Calgary. He had moved to Toronto after graduating from university for… Natalie DiScala , January 20, 2024
Kaikagetsu Brings Japan’s Famous Hida Beef to the Lower East Side Kaikagetsu, at 162 Orchard Street in Manhattan, is a space of dark woods, lanterns and woven bamboo. In ambience and menu, it is a simple shrine to Hida, a city… Ian Livingston , July 12, 2019
How to Avoid a $935 Bill for Beers and Calamari (as These Guys Did Not) Today’s tip, like this one about gelato in Rome, is about knowing the price of your food before you order. Earlier this month, a man from Brooklyn and five friends… Johnny Jet , May 29, 2019
Where Andrew Zimmern Goes for Restaurant Recommendations When He Travels Andrew Zimmern, the man behind one of the Travel channel’s most popular shows, recently went on an epic rant while doing an interview for Business Insider. He was asked if he… Johnny Jet , August 15, 2017
