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Andrea Borgen Abdallah
Andrea Borgen Abdallah

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Jun 15, 2021

The Year I Never Closed my Restaurant

Realizing I don’t love my restaurant anymore is an odd phenomenon. It’s easy to ascribe this feeling to a moment, to the burnout anyone in the hospitality industry can undoubtedly relate to. And it’s difficult to know how any permutation in the events of this past year might have resulted…

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The Year I Never Closed my Restaurant
The Year I Never Closed my Restaurant
Hospitality

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Apr 10, 2018

Why I Haven’t Given Up on the “Hospitality Included” No-Tipping Model

A Los Angeles restaurateur pleads her case and refuses to abandon her ideals — Hey, it’s me, Andrea. That 26-year-old, first-time, downtown Los Angeles-based restaurateur who decided to eliminate tipping. Not trying to toot my own horn here, it’s just that I’m 29 now, and the audacity of my decision is starting to weigh increasingly heavy on me. I’m considering how many before me…

Restaurant

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Why I Haven’t Given Up on the ”No-Tipping” Restaurant Model
Why I Haven’t Given Up on the ”No-Tipping” Restaurant Model
Restaurant

8 min read

Andrea Borgen Abdallah

Andrea Borgen Abdallah

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Owner of barcito, an all-day cafe and late-night bar in DTLA’s South Park neighborhood.

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