This is the second episode Jon Lovitz guest-starred (in this same series) reprising Steve the stoner. The previous one was The One with the Stoned Guy (1995).
This is the second time Sam Pancake plays a waiter in the series. The first time was in the episode TOW Joey tells Rachel. Although this time he's working in a different restaurant
One of the episodes that was submitted from the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series.
Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) previously met Steve (Jon Lovitz) in Season 1 Episode 15, 'The One With The Stoned Guy', when she waitressed from Monica (Courteney Cox) during Monica's attempt to impress Steve into giving her a job, despite Rachel apparently having no memory of the event. As it's nine years later, though, it's probable that Rachel simply forgot the moment, or was just being polite.