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Casa Bonita eliminates tipping, going against service industry norm (www.denverpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago by RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja to c/news

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“In order to provide a higher-than-average, dependable wage, we shifted to a no-tipping model and doubled the hourly rate to more than $30/hr for our service staff. This shift also benefits our guests, who can enjoy Casa Bonita without incurring unexpected costs,” management said.

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[–] Drusas@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As an American not from Colorado, I was amused when I learned the same. Apparently it had gone out of business and was recently reopened by the creators of South Park (at significant personal expense) because they were so fond of it as children.

[–] zhunk 1 points 1 year ago

They put $40 million into the renovations.

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I don't recall the exact numbers but they never plan on making a profit off it either. It's a thing of love.