Only fees that are entirely optional — like leaving a tip for staff — can be left out of the posted price.

How do you say you’ve never worked as a server without saying you’ve never worked as a server?

Edit: I think there’s a misunderstanding. I’m commenting on describing tips as “entirely optional.” If you can’t afford to tip, don’t eat at a restaurant. Servers are paid below minimum wage because they receive tips.

Second edit: My bad. NY has a tip allowance, and that’s where I waited. I didn’t know it varied so greatly from state to state. California does, in fact, pay their servers $16 per hour minimum.

paycor.com/…/minimum-wage-tipped-employees-by-sta…

Work a Sunday brunch shift and watch the raft of churchies leave nothing but condescending notes, if anything.