SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Restaurants Will Continue Adding Surcharges Following Last-Minute Law Signed Saturday Thanks to an emergency bill that was introduced in early June by the same lawmaker who co-sponsored the law banning "junk fees," an exception was carved out for the California restaurant industry to continue charging those unpopular surcharges.
restaurants New Law Could Ban Service Fees at Bay Area Restaurants, Restaurateurs Worried SF restaurant owners are freaking out over a new state law banning service fees for many hospitality businesses, saying that it could drive prices up and keep consumers away.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 90% of Zuni Servers Have Left the Restaurant Due to No-Tipping Policy; Policy May Still Be Revised The switch to a no-tip, 25%-surcharge model at world-famous Zuni Cafe has done wonders for the wages of kitchen staff. But very few of the veteran servers remain who worked at the restaurant when the tips were taken away, and those who work there now are still complaining.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wealthy Residents Of California And D.C. Are Some Of America's Worst Tippers On an episode of KQED's Forum earlier this month that focused on the practice of tipping, participants posited that the more affluent a customer is, the more generously he or she will tip.
SF News You'll Now Be Charged For Making An Uber Driver Wait Two Minutes, And Tipping Goes Live In NY, SF & LA The promised addition of an in-app tipping option for Uber rolls out today in a few dozen American and Canadian cities, and will be live nationwide by the end of July. Also today,
SF News Uber Finally Adds Tips For Drivers Signaling that possibly only one man has been standing in the way of Uber drivers being able to receive tips from passengers as they can with ride-hailing rival Lyft, the company announced Tuesday
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Joe's Crab Shack Becomes First National Chain To Forgo Tips National seafood chain Joe's Crab Shack late last week told investors that the Houston-based company would abandon tipping at all of its hundred plus locations. The move, announced by parent company Ignite Restaurant
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask The Foodinista: Do You Have To Tip For Takeout? photo credit: allie™ Dear Foodinista, Here's the thing. I consider myself a pretty respectable tipper — 20% is my go-to when I'm eating out, sometimes more if I've had a particularly great experience. But
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Would You Rather Tip, Or Pay A Flat Fee? Tipping is one of those topics that everyone has an opinion about — as Chron restaurant critic Michael Bauer has said on more than one occasion, all he needs to do to make sure
SF News Confirmed: 25% Tipping Standard Bogus, Could Still Sting Local Tourism Recall last week when we dubiously picked up on a story from the Contra Costa Times that claimed some workers in "high-class" San Francisco restaurants wanted to make a 25% tip the standard?
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Waitstaff Want to Make 25% Tip the Standard, Claims Food Columnist After the Michael Bauer stirred up controversy by suggesting the city's Healthy SF program was to blame for San Francisco's crappy tipping, some members of the service industry are pushing to make a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Healthy SF to Blame for Bad Tipping? In the recently-launched Zagat SF/Bay Area 2011 Restaurant Guide, San Francisco ranked the worst when it comes to tipping. (Side note: Is $2 too much for a $10 cab ride? Please advise.
