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The No-Tipping Point (Rebroadcast)
44 minutes Posted Nov 23, 2016 at 8:00 pm.
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The restaurant business model is warped: kitchen wages are too low to hire cooks, while diners are put in charge of paying the waitstaff. So what happens if you eliminate tipping, raise menu prices, and redistribute the wealth? New York restaurant maverick Danny Meyer is about to find out.