Literally everywhere. On top of my head, these are just some of the many non-fast food places I can think of in my area, where you just walk up to the counter and order:
Café Rio
Chipoté (okay maybe this one doesn’t count)
Flower Child
Jimmy Johns / Port of Subs / Jersey Mike’s
Kyoto Bowl
Panera Bread
Portillo’s
Thai Chili 2 Go
Wing Stop
Yogi’s Grill
Most ramen shops and “New York Style” Chinese restaurants,
And literally any pizza place.
Unless you live in a small rural town (or aren’t American), I know you have at least one of these brands in your area. They’re all mostly nationwide chains.
Well allow me to clarify, then: My definition is cheap junk that is available fast. Many of the restaurants I listed might be fast, but not all of them are cheap processed junk. You can’t call Panera junk, for example.
I guess I missed that you’re intentionally avoiding places with waiters/servers. That’s what I had in mind. I’ve visited plenty of places that don’t have a tip jar out or activate the tipping feature on the credit card machine. I don’t really consider them making progress away from the wild tipping culture we currently have. They just haven’t fallen into the ridiculous yet. I get what you’re saying now.
Ultimately, nothing’s going to change unless something changes on the state or federal level. My state tried instituting a minimum wage that included waiters, but restaurants put up such a stink that the waiter part got reversed. “We’ll have to raise our prices!” Yeah no shit, but then we won’t pay tip. It theoretically should wash out in the end.
Literally everywhere. On top of my head, these are just some of the many non-fast food places I can think of in my area, where you just walk up to the counter and order:
Unless you live in a small rural town (or aren’t American), I know you have at least one of these brands in your area. They’re all mostly nationwide chains.
I guess the issue then is your definition of fast food. I wouldn’t count the majority of those because they’re fast food.
Well allow me to clarify, then: My definition is cheap junk that is available fast. Many of the restaurants I listed might be fast, but not all of them are cheap processed junk. You can’t call Panera junk, for example.
Yes you can. It’s fast food. Just slightly more upscale fast food.
I guess I missed that you’re intentionally avoiding places with waiters/servers. That’s what I had in mind. I’ve visited plenty of places that don’t have a tip jar out or activate the tipping feature on the credit card machine. I don’t really consider them making progress away from the wild tipping culture we currently have. They just haven’t fallen into the ridiculous yet. I get what you’re saying now.
Ultimately, nothing’s going to change unless something changes on the state or federal level. My state tried instituting a minimum wage that included waiters, but restaurants put up such a stink that the waiter part got reversed. “We’ll have to raise our prices!” Yeah no shit, but then we won’t pay tip. It theoretically should wash out in the end.