Food | News & Politics The Great Restaurant Fee Fiasco Surcharges are taking over Washington menus—creating confusion for diners, backlash for restaurants, and a fight over the future of eating out. Initiative 82, tipping, service fees | 1 month ago
Food | News & Politics What’s in the DC Council’s New Restaurant Bill? Restaurant relief legislation turned into a hot debate around service fees. DC Restaurants, DC Council, Initiative 82, tipping | 2 months ago
Food | News & Politics Mi Vida, Succotash Among DC Restaurants Sued for Allegedly Deceptive Menu Fees In response, Knead Hospitality immediately dropped the 3.5 percent "Initiative 82 fee" at its restaurants. Mi Vida, Initiative 82, service fees | 3 months ago
Food The Battle Between Diners and Restaurants: Bad Service, Rude Customers, and Confusing Fees In the wake of the pandemic, the relationship between restaurants and diners is more fraught than it’s ever been. Can’t we all just get along? DC Restaurants, pandemic, Initiative 82, tipping | 8 months ago
Food | News & Politics DC Attorney General: Restaurant Service Fees Need to Be Clearer New guidance for businesses offers examples of what's compliant with the law and what's not Initiative 82, tipping, service charge | 9 months ago
Food The Ultimate Guide to Restaurant Service Fees Where's the money going? Should I still tip? We answer all your questions. Initiative 82, tipping, service fee | Apr 12, 2023
Food | News & Politics DC’s New Restaurant Pay Rules Are Already Changing Dining How Initiative 82 is playing out so far. Capital Comment, DC Restaurants, Initiative 82, tipping | Jan 3, 2023
Food | News & Politics Initiative 82 Has Passed. How 5 Restaurant Owners Plan to Adapt. Opponents of eliminating the tipped minimum wage talk service charges and business model changes. Initiative 82, tipped minimum wage, service charge | Nov 9, 2022
Food | News & Politics What Happens If Initiative 82 Passes? 4 Scenarios for DC’s Restaurant Scene. DC's tipped minimum could be phased out. Then what? DC Restaurants, Initiative 82, Initiative 77, DC election | Nov 7, 2022
Food DC’s First Bar to Eliminate Tipping Now Wants to Keep the Tipped Minimum Wage The Public Option brewpub wades into the complicated Initiative 82 debate. Initiative 82, tipping, The Public Option, Bill Perry | Nov 3, 2022
DC’s New Restaurant Pay Rules Are Already Changing Dining