Should Tipping Be Outlawed In New York?

Getting rid of "Tipping" could make your next dining out experience e a lot better.

New York State is one of many states that allow business owners to pay servers less than minimum wage and allow tips collected by customers to make up the difference.

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I think here in New York, tipping should be outlawed. Pay servers the minimum wage or more and take the burden off the customer to make sure the staff gets a livable wage.

The first argument will be that the price of dinner will go up. Yes, that is true but if the cost of your dinner goes up 10% and most people tip 15-20%, it will cost less to dine out.

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The second argument is that wait staff won't work hard because they won't be rewarded for going above and beyond. I don't think that would be true. Servers would be getting paid more and that would attract more people into the business. If someone slacks off, there would be more people looking to take their job, so in my opinion, I think servers would be just as hard to keep their jobs.

All For the Love of Bacon: 15 Upstate New York Restaurants in the Bacon Spotlight

At the end of August we celebrate National Bacon Day and the beginning of National Bacon Month in September. The ways to produce fanciful bacon products is limited only by your imagination. Here are 15 items found in Upstate New York that test that imagination. Here are some of the tastiest and weirdest bacon items we could find on restaurant menus and in stores across Upstate New York. A bacon clothesline appetizer? Perhaps the most mouthwatering item in this gallery. Wow, take a look at it. Count me in!

Gallery Credit: Chuck D'Imperio

Where is the Oldest Chinese Restaurant in Upstate New York? Take a Look!!

When it comes to lists of "the oldest in Upstate New York," there is not a shortage of places to list. We will try to give you a sense of that list with these dozen points of interest.

In this gallery you will find these "oldest in Upstate New York" places: the oldest Chinese restaurant, church, fireboat, miniature golf, state park, municipal cemetery, drive-in movie, ferry service, five and dime store, bowling alley, and the oldest family farm in Upstate New York. Whew!

Of course we could go on and on with this list. It is fun, after all. So watch for more "oldest" lists in the future!

Gallery Credit: Chuck D'Imperio