Johnathan Gold Says Leave a 20% Tip, Every Time | An Exploration ...

In a recent article in LA Weekly, James Beard Journalism Award winning restaurant critic Johnathan Gold opined that all diners should tip 20% all the time. This includes good service, bad service, delivery, bartenders, wine service, counter service, to-go orders and coffee.

I?ve covered tips many times on this site (see below for links), but this is the first time I have seen someone so close to the industry make such a broad recommendation. I agree with tipping 20% for good service, but when my experience with the server is lousy, I?m hard-pressed to part with that much money. In my mind, tipping is a way to encourage good service, not all service. If we are going to follow these rules, a surcharge might as well be added to every bill, and save us the math.

The comments on his article are pretty entertaining.

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Source: http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2011/08/johnathan-gold-says-leave-a-20-tip-every-time/

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