Danny Meyer, whom the New York Times spoke of as if he were a well-known celebrity, announced that at the many restaurants he owns, tipping would no longer be encouraged. Instead, food prices will be paid to guarantee automatic tips to waiters (I refuse to use the term servers, or food professors, or whatever other PC term people use for waiters). In a sweeping change to how most of its 1,800 employees are paid, the Union Square Hospitality Group will eliminate tipping at Gramercy Tavern, Union Square Cafe and its 11 other restaurants by the end of next year, the company’s chief executive, Danny Meyer, said on Wednesday. The move will affect New York City businesses that serve 40,000 to 50,000 meals a week and range from simple museum cafes to some of the most popular and acclaimed restaurants in the country. The first will be the Modern, inside the Museum of Modern Art, starting next month. Menus will explain that prices include “hospitality,” and...(Read Full Post)