Not to turn this into a Sublime conversation, but they have half price appetizers at the bar around happy hour. More than happy to tip extra for this. Excellent cocktails there, too.
Any place we go and there are reduced drink and/or appetizer prices, we adjust the tip accordingly if it is not added.
While I have not been to the "new" Sublime, this practice is a turn-off regardless of where it happens. Once anyone asks about the tip/SC, they open themselves up to being misled, confusion and in many cases, flat out lied to. I find it best never to ask and do what one knows and feels is right under the circumstances. It is not my problem what the owner does or does not do with the service charge, if the server is not happy with it then they should move on.
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