I'd still be doing that kind of work today if it paid well. But it doesn't. Unless you are an owner or the head chef.
If I ever got divorced, I would open a restaurant. I would work/live there pretty much 24/7 because that is what it takes to run a restaurant. You do not have much of a life on the outside. It's the restaurant all the time. I'd also spend a lot of time at the bar and drink some of my profits.
Be careful there, Sam. Rule no. 1 of the Bar business is: Don't ever get drunk in your own bar.