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Portland's Park Kitchen and Bent Brick aren't the only Pacific Northwest restaurants to announce a tip-less future today.

Seattle's biggest restaurateur Tom Douglas will be nixing tipping at Dahlia Lounge, Palace Kitchen and The Carlile Room as of Feb. 1, The Seattle Times reports. The rest of his full-service restaurants are likely to follow by the end of March.

A 20 percent service charge will replace gratuity and "will be redistributed to our team through wages, commissions and benefits," Douglas said in a news release. Like Park Kitchen's "One House" model, Douglas hopes the change will "provide greater compensation equity for front of house and back of house." The 20 percent service charge, The Seattle Times said, is based on average customer tips over the past three years.

Douglas' restaurants will also make an immediate shift to Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage, instead of following the schedule laid out by the city. He pledged to "maintain the high level of benefits provided to the company's employees, as well as to "hold menu prices to [a] competitive level."

For those skeptical of the quality of service after the change, Douglas is offering a guarantee that "if at any point your experience was not up to your or our standard of deliciousness served with graciousness, simply ask a manager for a refund of your bill."

-- Samantha Bakall

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