Alot of fast food and upper restaurants have closed in our state, especially in the last year. Those closed and those still open have significantly raised prices. Poor service. Worse food. Just not worth going out anymore. Also very few teens working at these jobs.Many small privately owned restaurants in my area are closing their doors for good after the latest round of minimum wage increases.
Some of the cities used to let employers use some tip money to backfill up to the minimum wage. But this year no more of this onerous “exploiting” the workers is allowed. Servers get all their tips and the full minimum wage. So instead people are losing their jobs or seeing their hours cut.
The fast food places and upper restaurants in our broad area employ those individuals that have been and continue going through the court system. That doesn't sit too well for us!