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January 23, 2015

At some restaurants, you can skip the tip

  • No-tip restaurants charge higher prices to pay staff a higher wage — and some even offer sick time, vacation days and health insurance.
    • By KATHY MATHESON
    Associated Press

    PHILADELPHIA — Customers to Girard Brasserie and Bruncherie might be in for a surprise when they read the note attached to their bills: “Tipping is not necessary.”

    That's food for thought in an industry where servers depend on gratuities for the bulk of their pay. Yet staff at the French-inspired restaurant earn about $13 an hour, and they get sick time, vacation days and health insurance.


     
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