• The Canadian women’s ice hockey team might get in trouble for swilling champagne and beer on the ice after winning a gold medal. [NYT]
• Tip pools are perfectly legal as long as a restaurant pays more than the minimum wage, ruled a federal appeals court yesterday. [KTVZ via Eater]
• Philly native DJ RJD2, who composed the Mad Men theme song, reveals his favorite Philly eateries. [uwishunu]
• North Carolina’s Kampai Japanese Steak & Seafood House banned a regular for being a bad tipper. [Eater]
• Tips improve during snowstorms for local pizza deliverymen. [KYW]
• Munich’s starkbier season (or strong beer fest) is a less touristy alternative to Oktoberfest. [WSJ]
