Food | News & Politics The Great Restaurant Fee Fiasco Surcharges are taking over Washington menus—creating confusion for diners, backlash for restaurants, and a fight over the future of eating out. Initiative 82, service fees, tippingMarch 28, 2024
Food | News & Politics What’s in the DC Council’s New Restaurant Bill? Restaurant relief legislation turned into a hot debate around service fees. DC Council, DC Restaurants, Initiative 82, service feesMarch 6, 2024
Food The Battle Between Diners and Restaurants: Bad Service, Rude Customers, and Confusing Fees In the wake of the pandemic, the relationship between restaurants and diners is more fraught than it’s ever been. Can’t we all just get along? DC Restaurants, Initiative 82, pandemic, service chargeAugust 24, 2023
Food | News & Politics DC Attorney General: Restaurant Service Fees Need to Be Clearer New guidance for businesses offers examples of what's compliant with the law and what's not Initiative 82, service charge, tippingAugust 9, 2023
Food The Ultimate Guide to Restaurant Service Fees Where's the money going? Should I still tip? We answer all your questions. Initiative 82, service fee, tippingApril 12, 2023
Food 8 Ways DC’s Food Scene Changed in 2022 We said hello to theme bars and celebrity-chef openings, and goodbye to many restaurants. Bars, Breakfast, Celebrity chefs, DC Restaurant OpeningsJanuary 6, 2023
Food | News & Politics DC’s New Restaurant Pay Rules Are Already Changing Dining How Initiative 82 is playing out so far. Capital Comment, DC Restaurants, Initiative 82, service chargeJanuary 3, 2023
Food DC’s First Bar to Eliminate Tipping Now Wants to Keep the Tipped Minimum Wage The Public Option brewpub wades into the complicated Initiative 82 debate. Bill Perry, Initiative 82, The Public Option, tippingNovember 3, 2022
Food How Much to Tip on Food Delivery, Coffee, Groceries, and More Here's what's typical—and what workers would like to see Coffee, DoorDash, Food Delivery, grocery deliverySeptember 21, 2022
Food Should You Tip on Top of a Restaurant Service Charge? Navigating fees and gratuities is causing a lot of confusion among diners. service charge, tippingSeptember 20, 2022
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