As New York’s hospitality industry prepares for a reduced tip credit and a fast food minimum wage, one New York restaurateur has announced its intention to eliminate tipping and thus, by extension, use of the tip credit: New York City’s Danny Meyer.  This lengthy Eater feature discusses Meyer’s audacious new Hospitality Included program, noting the pitfalls encountered by other fine dining establishments which have moved away from American dining’s deep-rooted tipping conventions.  Watch this space for further developments regarding NYS Department of Labor regulation of the hospitality industry and industry responses thereto.