Here's Monocle EIC and Financial Times columnist Tyler Brûlé on a few service "innovations" that are in "need of an urgent rethink." He takes a stand on lighting: "Enough with fake candlelight on tables. Either invest in the manpower to light and relight real candles or don't bother going into the restaurant business." Also on slate: "I'm almost positive there's now a global shortage of slate given the amount of restaurants that insist on serving various concoctions on thin slabs." [FT][Photo: Cooks & Kitchens/Flickr]
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