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The History of Tipping in Restaurants: The Complicated Past, Present, and Future

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When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. A guest's tip subsidizes wages for most of America's restaurant workers. In most other parts of the world, tips are not expected—and in some cases, it's considered rude to tip. History of Tipping: How did gratuity become integral to our restaurant culture?

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How Both Alinea and Tock Are Thriving Through the Pandemic

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Meanwhile Tock, a reservations platform that should be in deep trouble as bookings for dine-in experiences go to zero, just raised $10 million. Depends how you count, I guess, but we have Alinea, which is the flagship, and we opened that in 2005. We don’t distribute all of our money. Nick Kokonas is an owner of both operations.

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Veganuary and Beyond: Capitalizing on Growing Plant-Based Trend

Modern Restaurant Management

According to Tripleseat customers throughout the US, there was an increase in guests requesting a variety of plant-based or meatless fixings 2019, with many new plant-based options being offered. ” How to cater to vegan customers without a vegan option on the menu: training is key.

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A Restaurant Ended Its Relationship With World Central Kitchen Over Its Dealings With ICE. It?s Complicated.

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The nonprofit organization, which is known for feeding people in need following natural disasters, would partner with over 1,000 restaurants and subsidize a pre-set number of $10 meals, which WCK would help distribute in various U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and its “ties to gentrifying forces.”. neighborhoods.