I saw an interview recently with David Chang [1] who implied that part of the thinking behind the design of his 12-seat, 2-Michelin star restaurant Ko was an ex

I saw an interview recently with David Chang [1] who implied that part of the thinking behind the design of his 12-seat, 2-Michelin star restaurant Ko was an experiment in ways to improve the wages of his employees. Because KO is so small and the kitchen bellies up to the diners, the cooks are also servers and can legally make tips. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chang [Edit - Whoops. As a San Diego resident, I feel bad for neglecting to mention that The Linkery was awesome and like lots of folks here I'm sorry to see it go.]