In 1928, Eric Blair, an unemployed, itinerant writer and former British colonial policeman, went to work as a dishwasher in a Paris hotel. Five years later, under the pen name George Orwell, Blair ...
Patrick Abatiell
Patrick Abatiell is a PhD candidate in English at New York University. He has written about restaurant labor for The Awl and for Public Books, where he is a section editor. He works in a restaurant. 
On Writing and Restaurant Labor
December 1, 2015 — In the late summer of 2010, Eleven Madison Park, a four-star restaurant in New York City catering to the tastes of the super-rich, decided to temporarily shutter and rebrand ...