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N.Y. Times: For chefs in Las Vegas, the odds grow longer

(via New York Times) · July 14, 2009 · 5:46 PM

In the late, lamented boom, waiters at luxury restaurants here could make $150,000 a year and more thanks to the electrifying arrival of high rollers renowned as “the whales.”

Robert Martinez, a 33-year-old waiter at Rao’s in Caesars Palace, said these heavyweights “had wads of $100 bills and gave them to everyone on the staff, and tipped generously on $12,000 to $15,000 checks.”

But now, said Kevin Carter, a 49-year-old waiter at Craftsteak in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, “the whales have migrated.”

Discussion: 1 comment so far...

  1. By spartacus84
    7/15/09 at 4:20 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    Call the whaambulance.

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