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Why tipping is going away (and why I’ll miss it)

Why tipping is going away (and why I’ll miss it)

As more Toronto restaurants go gratuity-free, how are we to reward good service?

The Tipping Point: the arbitrary social convention that’s due for debate in 2014
Food & Drink

The Tipping Point: the arbitrary social convention that’s due for debate in 2014

City
A fancy Muskoka resort orders its spa workers to hand over their tips (or get out)
Zagat’s 2012 survey picks Toronto’s best restos and settles that pesky average tipping question
Food & Drink

Zagat’s 2012 survey picks Toronto’s best restos and settles that pesky average tipping question

Empire State clamps down on restaurant tipping practices
Food & Drink

Empire State clamps down on restaurant tipping practices

Lifestyle tips for the schoolboy sartorialist
Shopping

Lifestyle tips for the schoolboy sartorialist

Culture
Red Green returns with self-help book
Food & Drink
Proposed law would make “tipping out” illegal at restaurants
Bill could end automatic tipping in restaurants
Food & Drink

Bill could end automatic tipping in restaurants

Seven other things to do with pumpkins
Food & Drink

Seven other things to do with pumpkins

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Kenia Avendano
Style

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Kenia Avendano

Obama Café’s competition, a trip to Carrot City, trimming the restaurant bill
Food & Drink

Obama Café’s competition, a trip to Carrot City, trimming the restaurant bill

Big Stories

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid
Memoir

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid

The miserable truth about online school
City

The miserable truth about online school

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”
City

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef
Memoir

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever
Memoir

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH
Memoir

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”
Life

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top 10 longreads of 2020
Deep Dives

Toronto Life’s top 10 longreads of 2020

They survived Covid, but they&#8217;re not okay
Life

They survived Covid, but they’re not okay

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice
City

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice

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