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mountaineer:
Restaurant famous for traditional fare, surly staff, closing
By Associated Press
UPDATED: January 4, 2019 at 12:05 pm


BOSTON  — A nearly 200-year-old Boston restaurant famous for its traditional Yankee fare and surly wait staff has announced that it is shutting down.

Managers at Durgin-Park, in Faneuil Hall Marketplace, say they will close on Jan. 12.

Michael Weinstein, CEO of Ark Restaurant Group, which owns and operates Durgin-Park, says fewer customers are coming through the doors and costs have gone up.

Manager Kenneth Thimothee says the state’s new higher minimum hourly wage is partially to blame for the higher costs. ...  Full story at Boston Herald

mountaineer:
... An estimated 662,000 Massachusetts workers will get a pay raise in the new year as the state takes the first step toward an eventual $15 minimum wage.

The hourly minimum wage increases from $11 to $12 an hour. It will continue to go up in 75-cent annual increments until it reaches $15 in 2023.

The sub-minimum wage for tipped workers, such as restaurant servers, goes up from $3.75 to $4.35 an hour, eventually reaching $6.75 by 2023.  ...

The $12 minimum wage in 2019 matches that of California and Washington as the highest among U.S. states.  ... More

Wingnut:
Rat run municipalities always know what is best for everyone and will run everyone out of biddnes to prove it.

mountaineer:

--- Quote from: The Ghost on January 04, 2019, 09:11:37 pm ---Rat run municipalities always know what is best for everyone and will run everyone out of biddnes to prove it.
--- End quote ---
There will be hard times for Massachusetts restaurants, that's for sure.

mirraflake:
Oh booo hoo...  So the current min wage is $11 an hour there.  That is chump change.

The real reason is competition from the large chains. Small restaurants do not have the buying power of a Red Lobster or Applebees  so their meals are $8-$10 more.   That is what killed the independents in  my area. We had a great steak house in our area but the owner said the cost of his steaks was more than what West Texas or Longhorn were selling theirs for.

That is why the folks are no longer coming in. 

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