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Chris Crowley

Chris Crowley is a writer for New York magazine’s Grub Street, covering the city, the restaurant industry, and the people who work in it.

A silhouette of two men standing in the middle of a city crosswalk, shaking hands, with a kangaroo skipping across the opposite side of the street, with the New York skyline on the horizon.

Bogans in Brooklyn

Chris Crowley

January 6, 2025

Like so many stories do, this one starts with a war.

A leprechaun’s rainbow spills into a pot of gold labeled “tips.” The series of colors form the words, “suggested gratuity 18% 20% 25% 30%.”

Service Charged

Chris Crowley

September 11, 2023

Who gets stiffed in the tipping wars?