In 2015, Bar Marco will not be accepting gratuity starting in April. All on salary + healthcare and shares. Now hiring, info@barmarcopgh.com — Bar Marco (@BarMarcoPGH) January 2, 2015

Offer the team healthcare and its wings and pulled pork for staff meal. Don't everyone get heart surgery at once... pic.twitter.com/Ot83Dcc8AI — Bar Marco (@BarMarcoPGH) January 2, 2015

.@BarMarcoPGH trailblazes w/ a no-tipping policy http://t.co/J3O11uX7lV Gives salary, benefits & shares. Love this! Can't wait to go there! — Lindsey Williams (@LindseyTeamster) January 9, 2015

Popular Pittsburgh restaurant Bar Marco will pay its servers $35,000 a year and give them benefits, and customers will not tip.The plan offers stability to servers, who make $2.83 per hour in Pennsylvania and must depend on tips, says local magazine Next Pittsburgh. Bar Marco co-owner Bobby Fry told the magazine that customers will not see a service charge added or a suddenly increase in prices.“We’ve been watching the data all year. I put together what we have to do to pay the front and back equally and pay them well and give them a share of the upsides,” Fry told Next Pittsburgh. "Every restaurant does it a little bit differently. Some restaurants charge a 20 percent service fee — I don’t think that will work well for us. Our plan hinges on hitting revenues — mainly the expansion of the wine room where gratuity and tax have been included since it launched.” A study by the Economic Policy Institute found that 16.7 percent of restaurant workers live below the poverty line.Bar Marco announced the change on Twitter Jan. 2.Jokingly, the restaurant later tweeted:The salary applies to employees in all aspects of the restaurant, Next Pittsburgh said, and they will work 40-44 hour workweeks, get 10 vacation days, healthcare, and 500 shares in the restaurant. They also, Fry told Next Pittsburgh, participate in bi-monthly finance meetings to be a part of growing the restaurant.The restaurant’s announcement got a lot of attention online.