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  1. All Inclusive
    Revered Chef Daniel Patterson Will Refuse Tips at His Next Restaurant“That thing on the menu costs $25. That’s all it costs.”
    By Clint Rainey
  2. Tips
    Bidding Is Up to $100K on eBay for NFL Player’s 20-Cent Tip ReceiptSix figures for a glorified autograph.
    By Clint Rainey
  3. Tips
    NFL Player Left 20-Cent Tip at Philly Burger RestaurantBut everybody’s just talking about how terrible their service is.
    By Clint Rainey
  4. Tips
    Tips for Jesus Leaves Lucky New Orleans Server $10,000 TipNotorious overtippers made a record donation at Galatoire’s.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. Tips
    Server Claims NFL Player Stiffed Her on Tip During World Cup GameAnother day, another viral receipt.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. Tips
    Waffle House Waitress Finally Gets Her $1,000 TipThe company has backpedaled.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  7. The Chain Gang
    Starbucks Tip Jar Thief Yelled ‘You Can’t Catch Me’ at PoliceHe wanted the baristas to give away coffee.
    By Hugh Merwin
  8. Tips
    Waffle House Managers Deny Waitress $1,000 TipLarge tips are automatically refunded under Waffle House policy.
    By Hugh Merwin
  9. Lawsuits
    Sushi Yasuda Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Settle Tipping LawsuitEmployees allege the restaurant withheld the money before instituting the no-tip policy.
    By Clint Rainey
  10. Deliverance
    Seamless Will Make It Harder for Restaurants to Steal Delivery Workers’There was nothing in the services contracts about passing on gratuities.
    By Clint Rainey
  11. Scientific Studies
    The Ultimate Tip-Earner Is a Walking Waitress Cliché, According to Science A handy list of all the ways your tips are often discriminatory.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. Gratuities
    Midtown Restaurant Riki Bans TippingThe yakisoba-and-sushi place joins Sushi Yasuda and other places in banning gratuities.
    By Hugh Merwin
  13. Mean-Spirited
    Las Vegas Writer Refused Tip to Bartender Who Shook Old-Fashioned — Or DidMaybe it’s time for everyone to go paperless, after all.
    By Hugh Merwin
  14. Receiptgate
    New Jersey Waitress Behind Anti-Gay Tip Debacle Leaves RestaurantThat’s all, folks. (Hopefully, maybe.)
    By Belle Cushing
  15. Good Deeds
    Ohio Coffee Shop Holds Food Drive to Benefit Tip-Jar ThiefThat’s some real holiday spirit.
    By Belle Cushing
  16. Receiptgate
    New Jersey Waitress Suspended Pending Investigation Into Anti-Gay ReceiptShe may have lied about cancer and the Marines, too.
    By Belle Cushing
  17. Customer Copy
    Customers Accused of Anti-Gay Receipt Commentary Say It’s a HoaxThey say they did indeed leave a tip — and 20 percent at that.
    By Belle Cushing
  18. Return Receipt
    Openly Gay New Jersey Server Stiffed on Tip Will Donate Well-Wishers’ CashAfter one sermonizing family denied her a tip, the support poured in.
    By Belle Cushing
  19. Check Yo Self
    Restaurant Check Sermons: The Weakest Kind of Power GrabIf the only way you can express your views is by stiffing servers, you are a sad, weak individual.
    By Alan Sytsma
  20. Controversies
    Balthazar’s Bathroom Attendants Will Keep Their JobsPhew.
    By Hugh Merwin
  21. Tips
    Balthazar Cans Its Bathroom Attendants (Again) [Updated]“Although I’m looking forward to standing at Balthazar’s urinal without another man staring at me I’ll very much miss my bathroom attendants,” McNally says.
    By Hugh Merwin
  22. Video Feed
    Watch What Happens When Servers Receive Unexpected $200 TipsIt will make you feel at least a little warm and fuzzy.
    By Alan Sytsma
  23. The Other Critics
    The Other Critics: Daniel S. Meyer Loves Estela; East 12th Osteria Gets FourPlus: a review of Umami, and more, in this week’s roundup.
    By Katie Zavadski
  24. Check Please
    The Tipping Backlash Goes BigAs the New York ‘Times’ runs an anti-tipping report on its front page, the idea gains some more traction.
    By Alan Sytsma
  25. Etiquette
    Taylor Swift Leaves Huge Tip at Philly Restaurant62.5 percent, to be precise.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  26. Sued
    Does Adding Mandatory Gratuity Violate City Law?A new lawsuit targets Per Se.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  27. Lawsuits
    Maimon Kirschenbaum Strikes Again, Sues John DeLucie’s Crown GroupA restaurateur’s enemy.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  28. Etiquette
    Service Included: 11 Restaurants Where Tipping Isn’t CustomaryIncluding Per Se, Next, and Chez Panisse.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  29. Lawsuits
    Chickie’s & Pete’s Changes Tipping Policy and Cuts Refund Checks ForThe company is now moving to consolidate three of the class action that have been filed on behalf of past and present workers.
    By Collin Keefe
  30. Lawsuits
    U.S. Department of Labor Looking Into Possible Pay Violations at Chickie’sFacing mounting lawsuits, and an investigation, the company has begun issuing tipped employees refund checks.
    By Collin Keefe
  31. Lawsuits
    Increasingly Crabby Staff Files Suit Against Chickie’s & Pete’sSkimming gratuities was only the tip of the iceberg of the sports bar chain’s troubles.
    By Collin Keefe
  32. Tips
    You Should Make That Grace Reservation While You Still CanIt’s only a matter of time before the national media latches on, at which point it will be impossible to snag a table.
    By J'nai Gaither
  33. The Tipping Point
    Employees Accuse Chickie’s & Pete’s of Skimming TipsForcing employees to cover credit card transaction fees with tips was made illegal with the passing of last year’s Gratuity Protection Bill.
    By Collin Keefe
  34. Lawsuits
    Were Harvard Waiters Stiffed on Tips?Crimson waiters are seeing red.
    By Kara Baskin
  35. Mediavore
    NJ Wineries Toast to Direct Shipping; Red Meat Consumption Increases Chances ofPlus: Takeru Kobayashi shatters the grilled cheese sandwich-eating record at SXSW; and some scientist argue that genetically modified foods may be good for you, all in our morning news roundup.
  36. FYI
    Marc Vetri Plays an ‘Ode to the Publican’ at Alla SpinaBuy the kitchen a six-pack and ring the bell.
    By Collin Keefe
  37. Department of Deportment
    Department of Deportment: How to Split a Check, Once and for AllIt should be easy for adults to split a simple dinner bill, but it never is. Grub Street weighs in with the final word.
    By Krista Simmons
  38. Politics
    City Council Decides on the Gratuity Protection Bill TomorrowThe bill if passed will prevent business owners from covering credit card transaction fees from servers gratuities.
    By Collin Keefe
  39. Surveys
    Are Massachusetts Diners Horrible Tippers?A new survey ranks the country’s most generous and stingiest states.
    By Kara Baskin
  40. Etiquette
    Sip, But Don’t Forget to TipSure the drinks are cheap, but that doesn’t mean you have to be.
    By Collin Keefe
  41. Mediavore
    City Councilman Kenney Wants Restaurants to Stop Taking Credit Card Fees FromPlus: Ocean Spray plans to move its Bordentown facility to Pennsylvania; and Dunkin’ Donuts prepares to go public, all in our morning news roundup.
  42. Cartography
    Yelping Over Street VendorsHandy tips for tourists headed to the halal cart.
    By Alex Van Buren
  43. Lawsuits
    Cipriani Says Lawsuit Is a ‘Desperate Attempt’Cipriani says workers are wrong to say they were stiffed out of tips, but their lawyer has a different story.
    By Daniel Maurer
  44. Tips
    Non-Tippers Won’t Be Prosecuted in Court of Law; Everyone Will Be Prosecuted inThe legal battle may be dead in its tracks, but the internet war on the mandatory tip refusers wages on
    By Kirsten Henri
  45. Tips
    Are the College Students Who Refused to Pay Mandatory Tip Right or Wrong?Is that mandatory tip actually mandatory?
    By Kirsten Henri
  46. Eatiquette
    Have You Ever Wanted to Tell Your Server That ‘Hovering Is forNow you can!
    By Daniel Maurer
  47. Beef
    Chicago Diner’s Tempest in a Tip JarThanks to their Palin-mocking tip jars, one blogger is accusing the Chicago Diner of fraud.
    By Helen Rosner
  48. Lawsuits
    Steakhouse Follies: Server Who Sued Ruth’s Chris Now Sues Strip HouseThe Glazier Group is smacked with the latest restaurant lawsuit.
    By Daniel Maurer
  49. Lawsuits
    Another Tips TiffAn Upper East Side restaurant is the latest to be sued for tip garnishing.
    By Daniel Maurer
  50. Eatiquette
    Oh, the Guilt-Inducing Countertop Tip JarWhat are the rules for tipping in a takeout situation?
    By Daniel Maurer
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