A Tipping Point: Denver Restaurant Owners Push Back Against Idea of Reducing Tipped Minimum Wage

56 Denver restaurants urge City Council not to lower tipped minimum wage

56 Denver restaurants are urging City Council to keep the tipped minimum wage at $16.29, opposing calls to lower it to Colorado's state rate.

A tipping point: Denver restaurant owners push back against idea of reducing tipped minimum wage

More than 65 Denver restaurant owners have signaled support for not reducing Denver's tipped minimum wage, challenging the data behind a city-backed report.

Restaurant v. restaurant: 56 restaurants say city’s tipped wage shouldn’t drop

Beau Jo’s Pizza server Kaylee Taunton brings a hot pizza to customers at the Arvada restaurant on April 13, 2023. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post) A group of 56 restaurants are calling for Denver’s tipped minimum wage to remain where it is. “We believe reducing wages for tipped workers would undermine the years of work Denver has done to move toward a fair and equitable wage structure,” the Denver Independent Restaurant Coalition Against Wage Cuts w…