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
8 min readApr 10, 2018
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…