baddeal: Dirt Candy in New York joins the small but growing club of restaurants that will effectively eliminate the ridiculous practice known as tipping. Amanda Cohen will levy a 20% administrative fee on all checks, I report over at Eater. There will not be a separate line for gratuity on your bill. You simply pay the check and leave. BOOM. The Price Hike and The Bad Deal have long been proponents of ending tipping, a practice that’s bad for waiters, bad for cooks and bad for consumers.