This morning I was leafing through the Craigslist jobs section and noticed a bunch of restaurant jobs in Prospect Heights.
It looks like a certain upscale wine bar that sells coffee and panini sandwiches (*koff*Half*koff*) is looking for several new employees. Is that kind of turnover typical for a restaurant? To wit: (1) part/time bartender/wine server (does “compensation: tips” mean NO
salary?! If so, I need to start tipping a hell of a lot more.)
(2) barista,
(3) food prep.
This one I’m not as sure: Pizza person sought for new Prospect
Heights pizza & pasta restaurant that is closed on Mondays. Could it
be Amorina? Their listing for a pasta chef stumped me until I realized the email
was the same as above. But what is the deal with “hard work Wed-Sun.
Monday and Tuesday we party!”? – Does this restaurant only serve pizza, not pasta, on
Tuesdays?
The woman owned and operated restaurant listing for a brunch chef
stumped me till I realized the fax # was the same as the server position at Beast. I didn’t know they served brunch?! Yum, yum, yum.
Finally, delivery person for fast paced BBQ joint on Flatbush Ave –
probably Biscuit, right? Any other ideas?
LINK: Prospect Heights jobs [Craigslist]
Yes, many many servers are only making tips out there, although restaurants are supposed to pay around $2.70/hour on top of that. Even for servers who are making the $2.70, this often just accomodates the taxes on the tips that they are making, so TIP WELL please!
And certain restaurants (like the late “City Lighting”, ahem) stopped paying their servers all together for the last 6 months that they were open. Legal? No. Common? probably.
yeah ive found that most of the stellar staff that made half worthwhile (and ended up becoming personal friends after a hundred visits, heh) has left… and since, ive frequented half only, well, once.
fyi: i dont think they left due to any beef. just folloing personal pursuits leading them beyond the responsibilities of barkeep. it does make the place less of a draw for me, though, but that backyard is still tops!
I used to work at a restaurant over 20 years ago and all I earned was what I made in tips.
I always make sure to tip well at these small local places and another trick I learned was if I am paying by credit card I still leave the tip in cash.
Yes,
God, it’s incredible to believe people still don’t know that restaurant service employees (waiters/bartenders) work for tips.
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I know they do that for bustling Manhattan restaurants, but for tiny local places it seems nuts. The one time I went to Half it was a really slow night, and I failed to deduce from that that the woman behind the counter’s entire income for the hour and a half I was there, was the tip that I gave her. Seems unfair somehow.
For the snotty waiter at the $100/head restaurant in Manhattan who works for tips, I feel zero pity.
Even worse, some restaurants tax you on tips. So happy I’m no longer a waitress. Once I worked at a place where you had to tip out the bartender, the busboy, the dishwasher and the freaking kitchen! Needless to say I didn’t work there for very long.
Heaven’s forbid, you mean some people have to pay taxes on their income? That can’t be true…
I understand it’s a sucky job and doesn’t pay a whole lot for many folks but ya still gotta pay your taxes. And for the comment about leaving the tip in cash, the only reason for this is so the server doesn’t have to report it and not pay taxes.
Keep in mind that this tax revenue goes to things like: the renovations to Eastern Parkway and the library, schools, firehouses, subsidizing major developments, etc. You know, all the stuff we like talking about on this blog.