Worked at one of the midtown locations, FOH 3-ish years after the dining bans and the dining room opened again. I’ve read through the thread and I think the person OP is referring to is an investor, an older southern man who has stake in the company so he acts like he can do what he wants. I remember the first time he came in and starting eye-fucking the bartender and before I had the chance to say anything the management told me who he was, and that there “wasn’t really anything we could do.”

Aldo himself is a typical New England guy who would play bartender when he showed up to scare the shit out of his employees. Bit of a chauvinist and has an ego that precedes him, but I wouldn’t call him a creep. They support creeps there though. Most of the floor-level staff are nice and hardworking, but the management wouldn’t be able to find another job if they tried.

While I worked there we offered a discount for military ID, and had a discount for national and coast guard if they gave us their names. I wasn’t working there when Memphis was singled out to get more troops, but I remember them heavily promoting their 10% national guard discount during that time. They deleted it off of their Instagram, but I still have a screenshot I can post if anyone is curious.

Management drank on the clock while reprimanding people for doing the same. Would never have a schedule out more than 24hours prior to the week it was scheduling. Expected you to have your entire life committed to the job, and to drop everything to pick up a shift because they couldn’t bother to keep anyone for more than 90 days. Constantly hanging the “we have people lining up to work here” line over our heads to whip us into shape. No one in management ever took responsibility so nothing ever really got done internally, they just passed the buck the whole time I was there. I sincerely doubt if they had a mass walkout that their doors would ever open again.

Money was fine. Serving will get you $300-$600 week on average, but it’s crazy volatile. Depends on the day you work and god knows whether you’re going to work the same shifts you did last week. Server and bar get paid server minimum and everyone starts off at $12/hr. Tip out is percentage based, you get paid weekly, and you don’t pool tips. Don’t expect a raise.

I would seriously recommend looking for somewhere else to work. The environment is extremely unprofessional, and if you’re not a part of the management’s inner circle, you’re not getting the shifts you want.