Dining - Oct. 4, 2009
We didn't leave a tip
For the first time in as long as I can remember, we didn't leave a tip last night. We ate at a well-known family run restaurant that is known less for the quality of its food and more for its conviviality. The name of the restaurant? Doesn't matter. The restaurant held up its end of the bargain. The server didn't.
Tags: tipping, service, bad server

Dining - July 23, 2008
Ordering etiquette
Whatever happened to, "May I please have a chicken burrito?" followed up with, "Thank you."
Tags: etiquette, tipping, ordering, waiter, waitress

Dining - Nov. 12, 2007
Tipping the scales on the great tipping debate
The argument is nearly as old as the restaurant industry itself: When should a gratuity be added to the bill and how much is enough when it comes to tipping?
Tags: tipping, restaurant, shakers, lulu, sarah jonas, robert weiss, izumis, andora ayala, gratuity, included gratuity

Dining - Sept. 8, 2007
Friendly Red Robin earns fat tip
For the first time in several months, or perhaps closer to a year, we received service at a restaurant in the Milwaukee area that merited more than a 20 percent tip.
Tags: red robin, tipping, waiter, waitstaff, waitress, service