Wouldn't this have to do more with the affordable housing situation in Seward rather than the livable wage? And how about this: Your newly $20 hamburger would come without a socially and systematic demanded gratuity.  Now ALL of the employees (not just FOH folks, who kill it in tips here in Seward) for said restaurant could be paid a livable wage by, you know, the actual employer of the establishment instead of the customers and their whims.