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Where’s My Food?! is a new documentary film that serves up the surprising truth about waiters and waitresses, the powerful restaurant industry, and the real reasons we tip.

Now Available

You can rent or own "Where's My Food?!" online, or you can own the documentary on DVD.

Expert Insight

Featured experts in the film include Cornell University’s Michael Lynn, Ph.D., who describes how tipping works from psychological and socioeconomic perspectives.

Back of the House

Executive chef Michael Shafer shows how he (sometimes eccentrically) runs the restaurants he owns with an iron fist and a soft heart.

Film Reviews

This newly released documentary is already receiving positive reviews from viewers. See for yourself why "Where's My Food?!" is described as informative, provocative and emotional.

Your Motivations

Surprising revelations about what motivates restaurant customers to leave a tip. (Hint: The quality of the service you received accounts for only a small part.)

Same Since 1996

Americans spend half of their food dollars eating in restaurants, which fuels the industry’s ability to lobby lawmakers through the National Restaurant Association, sometimes referred to as ‘the other NRA.’ In 1996 the NRA successfully convinced Congress to keep the federal minimum wage for tipped workers at $2.13 per hour. It’s been that low ever since.

On the Big Screen

The documentary "Where's My Food?!" recently premiered at a theater in Long Beach, California.

A Powerful Lobby

The NRA doesn't only support laws that favor highly profitable restaurant chains, they also WRITE those laws. Do those laws protect the rights or the health of the one-in-ten Americans who work in the restaurant industry? No.

Personal Stories

For many waiters and waitresses, this is their career and they love what they do. One of the nine restaurant workers featured in the film is a single mom raising four children on waitress wages. Another is a champion mixed martial arts fighter who’s also a waiter at BJ’s Restaurant. One waitress has worked at the same diner for over twenty years. Another waiter lives in his car, but arrives at work every day looking clean and energetic.

WHERE'S MY FOOD?!

Serving Up the Surprising Truth About Waiters and Waitresses

Our Deepest Thanks To These Supporters

Donations (alphabetical by last name; list updated regularly)

Anonymous Donations

To our generous supporters who have donated to help make this documentary film, yet wish to remain anonymous: THANK YOU.

Our Premier Co-Sponsor

We thank the Long Beach Public Library, the co-sponsor of the the premier screening of "Where's My Food?!"

Special Thanks

The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University
Randy Hendrickson of Cornell University's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
Matt Van Amburgh of Uncle Bill's Pancake House
Manny Romero of Rod’s Grill
Yuan Niu
Kelly Gardner
Margaret Yen
Kyle Branch
Julie-Ann Goode

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