The Public Option brewpub wades into the complicated Initiative 82 debate.
When Northeast DC brewpub the Public Option opened in 2014, owner Bill Perry did something that was pretty much unheard of in DC at the time. He paid his bartenders a base wage of $15 an hour and did away with tipping altogether. If someone left behind some cash, it was donated to charity.“We may end up crashing and burning, but we’re going to give it a try.
“I’m not telling them which beers they want to have on tap, nor am I telling them which political views they ought to have,” Perry says. “I’m not going to get in the way of people who have the boots on the ground.” “I think no one really questioned it at the time,” Briggs says. “Because we’re open so few hours, no one was really relying on it for income.” When he took over as general manager during the bar’s reopening, Briggs made it his mission to get the business on better financial footing. Switching to a tipped wage was “one of the easiest things to do.” The brewpub also opened an art space upstairs and now hosts music events. Employee wages have increased to an average of $30 to $35 an hour.
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