More on the Sparks Steak House settlement
Waiters’ $3M beef
Settle tip suit with famed steak house
By DAREH GREGORIAN and DAN MANGAN
Last Updated: 5:32 AM, October 23, 2009
Posted: 4:22 AM, October 23, 2009
Stick a fork in it — Sparks Steak House has settled a class-action lawsuit accusing the famed Midtown eatery of shorting waiters on tips for over $3 million.
“What’re you going to do,” Sparks’ owner Michael Cetta said of the deal, which will be divvied up among 200 current and former waiters.
The suit charged the restaurant had illegally deducted money from the “tip pool” — which was supposed to be shared among about 60 waiters — to pay other workers, including bartenders, the pastry chef, the wine-cellar master and banquet manager.
It sought $5 million for the shorted waiters, and settled for $3.15 million.
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