Kindred Bartender Dannika Underhill Gives a Front-of-House Perspective on Tipping

San Diego Magazine's Happy Half Hour · May 27, 2021 · 1h 20m

This week's special guest is Dannika Underhill, a bartender at Kindred in South Park. Dannika has been in the restaurant industry for over 15 years. She's a graduate of Seattle Culinary Academy, and she's worked in both the front and back of house, behind the bar, and as a restaurant operations manager. Two weeks ago, we had Dario Gallo, owner of Civico 1845, on the show, and he talked about how tipping should be done away with entirely in the restaurant industry; now Dannika is here to give us her take on the tipping debate. As someone who's worked as a host, server, line cook, and sous…