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DoorDash and Uber lose bid to pause NYC tipping law

On Monday, the delivery apps will have to start asking customers to tip before checkout, rather than after delivery. DoorDash warned that the law will lead to “an immediate drop off in orders.”

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NYC says DoorDash and Uber Eats cost workers $550M in tips

The city says the apps’ policy of asking for tips after delivery has hurt workers’ earnings. It will soon require them to ask for tips in advance.

The rival delivery apps are challenging a new law that will force them to ask customers to tip at checkout, rather than after a delivery is completed.

The updated Peacock Alley lounge evokes Gilded Age opulence, but Chef Michael Anthony’s Lex Yard, the hotel’s signature restaurant, is a welcoming brasserie for the neighborhood as well as overnight guests. We take an inside look at the Waldorf’s monumental makeover.

Through his Fireman Hospitality Group, the restaurateur operated eight popular concepts, including Trattoria Dell'Arte, Brooklyn Diner and Fiorello Café, several open for decades.

The United States Tennis Association and hospitality partner, Levy, lined up more than 20 restaurants to feed the crowds at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center over the next two weeks.

Delivery apps said the expanded fees would allow restaurants to opt in to additional marketing services. A restaurant group called it a “pay to play” scheme.

Items with high sugar content will need to be flagged, but only if they're exactly what's available in packaged retail form. The targets are beverages.

The first Whole Foods Market Daily Shop will offer groceries as well as grab-and-go meals and a cafe concept called Juice & Java.

Customers are paying more, and couriers are working less. What it all means for restaurants is still unclear, but some fear it could get ugly.

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