Daily Talker: Local restaurants add fee to help their back-of-house staff
Serving up change at local restaurants. The owners of three Jamaica Plain restaurants are adding a three percent hospitality fee to your bill. But, it's for a good cause. According to Boston Magazine, the owners of Tres Gatos, Centre Street Café and the forthcoming Casa Verde want to help their back-of-house staff. That's the cooks and the dishwashers you never see when you're dining out. The owners explained in an open letter to the restaurant community that the back-of-house employees make, on average, two and a half times less than the restaurants' front-of-house staff. They say the three percent hospitality fee will go toward raises, benefits and more sustainable work hours for the back-of-house staff. The change took effect December 1st.
What do you think of their plan? Would you be willing to pay more?
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