Originally Posted by
Visconti
… While I know very little about restaurant wages, I'd imagine a server in a nice restaurant would earn about $500 per night in tips? All things considered, that's not a bad living, in my view.
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Zuni is a nice restaurant in Sf and they pondered a zero tip situation. One longtime server really objected and their tips-based compensation was about 80k/year although maybe not 40 hours a week.