PARIS, March 25 — Visitors to central Paris were treated on Sunday to the sight of hundreds of aproned waiters surging through the mediaeval streets, in a one-of-a-kind race designed to show off the profession months ahead of the Olympic Games. Men’s winner Samy Lamrous and top waitress Pauline Van Wymeersch walked the two-kilometre (1.2-mile) … Read more
PARIS, Feb 6 ― Tourists in the narrow streets of Paris’s historic centre next month may find themselves dodging swarms of servers with trays of coffee and croissants, as a long-defunct waitering contest is revived. First born in 1914, the “course des garcons de cafe” (cafe waiters’ race) is being held on March 24 for … Read more
A robot waiter carries empty trays after delivering an order to patrons at the ‘White Fox’ restaurant in the eastern part (left bank of the Tigris river) of Iraq’s northern city of Mosul November 17, 2021. — AFP pic MOSUL, Nov 22 — From the rubble of Iraq’s war-ravaged city of Mosul arises the sight … Read more
