INTERVIEW — CHEF GEOFF TRACY  — owns and oversees restaurants in Washington DC including Chef Geoff’s, Chef Geoff’s Downtown, Chef Geoff’s Tysons, and LIA’S, among other restaurants

• Bowser Minimum Wage Law Includes Tipped Workers, But At A Lower Wage
• DC Restaurant Owners, Liberal Activists Both Furious With Mayor’s Minimum Wage Plan. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposal to raise the minimum wage of tipped workers in the city is sparking intense blow-back from restaurant owners, who say it will only end up hurting their employees. Bowser unveiled her proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour by 2020, but surprised many by also calling to raise the wage of tipped employees from $2.77 an hour to $7.50, reports The Washington Times. While tipped employees have a low base salary, they largely end up making well over the minimum wage according to business owners in the District.