And something, something not very uniform at all, has happened to waitress uniforms. The Bar Necessities have changed. Waitressing, 1986 style, plays dress-up.

Food is still what people come for, but architecture and ambience matter, too. That means a waiter's uniform is expected to make as much of a design statement as the wall sconces and bar stools.

It's no secret in the restaurant and bar business that revealing outfits can bring in customers and healthy tips, but Courtney Scaramella, a former employee at O'Hara's Restaurant and Pub in ...

By wearing black uniforms waiters could be confused as lawyers and vice versa. This happened even with me recently when I was taken as a waiter in a restaurant I visited.

A Muslim cocktail waitress claims she was sacked for refusing to wear a "sexually revealing" bright red dress at work. By Nick Allen 17 December 2008 • 5:14pm ...