It's *any* restaurant. In low-level or mid-level half the cooks are on weed; heroin and cocaine as you move upscale, speed kind of passe now that we have Red Bull. Many energy drinks, and smoke breaks. Read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and/or watch the "Waiting" movie with Ryan Reynolds for the feels of that sort of life.

I'm the odd man out in my kitchen because I've never done illegal drugs, I don't smoke and I drink responsibly. Maybe if I would've, I'd be Head Chef by now.

A few gentle notes of correction:

Uncle Kage is the Chairman and CEO of Anthrocon, but is not a founder.

Depending on how you define the Midwest, I would include Morphicon in Ohio, Snowpocalypse in Minnesota, and perhaps Oklacon in Oklahoma.

Y'know, I'm halfway through the latest episode of MLP white reading this comic. It's so very true. :)

I think it's Mr. Crook from The Superfogeys.

If it were only one of the Beagle Boys this would get weirder.

The Panel went to the Academy twice?

Aft thrusters, engage!

Flay is a Picard. Maybe a Riker. He's totally TNG.

Personally I hope Alton Brown is his Scotty and Morimoto is his Spock. And Giada Di Laurentis Uhura FTW.

So, Tailycon 2010 then?

Metal bucket , inside another metal bucket chilled with ice.

It's what we call "Small wares". And the same sixth pans and Vollrath 10' sautes and spoodles are used by McDonalds and 24-hour falafel restaurants and Gordon Ramsey's London in NYC.

Most professional cooking equipment is the equivalent of thumbtacks and paper clips. S'all the same stuff in every office.