How a Manhattan server's paycheck actually works under the 2026 tip credit
Cash wage $11.35, tip allowance $5.65, full minimum $17.00: the three numbers behind every tipped shift in a New York City dining room this year.
Restaurant News
A running feed of New York restaurant developments: openings and soft launches, closings, chef departures, menu and format changes, awards, health grades and licensing actions. Items carry addresses, dates and whether reservations have already gone. For readers who keep a standing list of where to eat next.
Openings, closings, chef moves, menu changes and health department actions across New York restaurants.
Barbett-era history thins out: Manhattan's veteran dining rooms lost this winter
Barbetta, Chez Napoleon and the Malibu Diner all served their last tables in early 2026 — three reminders that rent outlives tradition.
Winter's biggest Manhattan restaurant openings, from Ambassadors Clubhouse to the East Village
January and February delivered a dense crop of Manhattan debuts — here is what actually opened before February 23, per the city's opening trackers and operators.
Golden Steer New York opens at One Fifth Avenue, the Vegas steakhouse's first move east
The 1958 Las Vegas steakhouse that fed Elvis and Marilyn opened its first restaurant outside Nevada on January 23, in the Ground Floor of One Fifth Avenue.
Restaurant paychecks changed on January 1: NYC's 2026 minimum wage, in the numbers that matter
New York's inflation-indexed minimum wage rose to $17.00 an hour in the city on January 1, 2026, and the tipped food-service math changed with it.