tipping

In yet another beacon in the darkness for lucky restaurant employees, a patron at Souk Mediterranean Kitchen & Bar…

Update, December 4, 2020: Red Hook Seafood is now speaking out, claiming that the initial tip kerfuffle was due to…

Is it fair to say that we all agree that the tipping system in American restaurants is archaic and silly and that…

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Dear Salty, So it’s the holiday season, and every year I try to give a little something to the housecleaner, the…

Hey Salty! I like to think of myself as a decent restaurant patron who is polite, not too needy, and tips well. I…

Dear Salty, I often order meals for meetings where I work. Sometimes they are small (5-7 people) and I can get by…

Yesterday, a gaggle of Fox News commentators decided to have a discussion about tipping servers and baristas. It…

Dear Salty, For my partner’s birthday I’m considering a major splurge: booking reservations at a certain…

If you don’t have a Wall Street Journal subscription login yet, this would be a fine time to sign up for one. Today…

As the debate over a national $15 minimum wage continues, one of the primary rhetorical battlegrounds in recent…

Update, July 24, 2019: It took months of driver complaints and a New York Times exposé, but DoorDash’s CEO Tony Xu an…

It’s a holiday week, but guess who has to file a column for you hungry bastards? Poor Salty. So I’m exacting my…

Hi Salty, There is a restaurant my friend worked at on Long Island. Servers receive a set $90 gratuity on parties.…

Dear Salty: I just graduated from college and I’m waitressing this summer. I’m good at serving (at least that’s what…

Hey Salty, I have a tipping question. When I order at a restaurant that has a tip jar on a counter, I try and tip…

Before she became the breakout freshman member of Congress and Republicans’ new favorite boogeylady, Alexandria…

Dear Salty: Do you have any comments or thoughts you’d care to share on the pay disparity between the front and back…

There’s an element of trust involved with handing over your signed receipt to your server at a restaurant. What’s to…