Some of LA’s Tipless Restaurants Have Been Rethinking Their Stance | Eater LA

"At my Atwater Village restaurant Journeymen, I originally planned a Spanish-tapas-style setup where diners interact with chefs and are handed prepared food from the bar that gets tallied on a dim sum–style piece of paper, with the final bill intended to include tip and tax; the idea felt clean and simple. There’s been a learning curve that kept us from implementing the model from day one, so as of next week we will stop taking reservations and switch to the seat-yourself, conversational format I always envisioned — though I’ve chosen not to include tax in menu prices so the non-tax cost shown is lower and counter-ordering diners aren’t shell-shocked when they realize there are no traditional servers to refill water or answer follow-up questions." - Farley Elliott