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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. Its founder, George Pullman, hired newly liberated Southern black men as porters and servers. In 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor updated tip pooling laws to include back-of-house staff in tip pooling. He paid them a paltry wage— between $12 and $27.50

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When Robots Replace Restaurant Workers, We All Lose

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As QR codes, app-based service, and robotic servers become more and more common, that makes the job tougher for the humans working alongside them This story was originally published on Civil Eats. For servers, baristas, and other food industry employees, it can already feel like we’re competing with customers’ phones for their basic respect.

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Mary Gostelow

We were in a unique ambience, Copenhagen’s former railway repair warehouses, Lokomotivvaerkstedet, converted into an event space large enough to host cocktails in an area curtained off from the dining area and substantial ‘back of house’. To go with this, servers poured glasses of Hermitage Blanc Chante Alouette 2020.

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I’m Through Being Silent About the Restaurant Industry’s Racism

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As a Black server and diner, I’ve seen how racism in the restaurant industry plays out on both sides of the table This is Eater Voices , where chefs, restaurateurs, writers, and industry insiders share their perspectives about the food world, tackling a range of topics through the lens of personal experience. Alexandra Bowman.

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10 Top Restaurant Technologies To Evolve Your Business

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After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (52%, up from 31% in 2018) and payroll software (50%, up from 28% in 2018), according to a study from Toast. Your POS system reduces ordering errors, increases front-of-house and back-of-house efficiency, and helps you control inventory.

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How I Got My Job: Creating a New Vision for Vegan Cooking at a Top NYC Restaurant

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But I don’t think I realized I was fully interested in food until 2017 or 2018, when I became a bit more serious about being a chef. It was half back-of-house, half front-of-house. Being well-rounded in restaurants — having management skills and server skills, along with cooking skills — is really important.

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[Updated for 2023] The State-by-State Guide To Tip Pooling Laws

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One of the most significant changes occurred in 2018 when the Department of Labor ruled that back-of-house employees like cooks and dishwashers are eligible to be included in the tip pool. This means servers who serve food and provide table service, bartenders who make and serve drinks, or bussers who clear tables, etc.),

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