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"Standard tips typically range from 15 to 20% of the bill, but one campaign hopes to push those numbers way up in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath.\nThe #EatDownTipUp initiative aims to help restaurants in Lower Manhattan \u2014 many which lost power for nearly a week \u2014 recover from the economic hit to New York after Sandy's thrashing.\nTo participate, people follow three simple steps, according to #EatDownTipUp's official website: eat downtown, tip generously and share the hashtag with friends.\nThe campaign was inspired by this tweet from celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain.\n\n\n\nIn NYC ? Eat downtown tonight! Pick a small restaurant. Tip heavily! Send a 20 back to the dishwasher!\u2014 Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) November 3, 2012\n\n\n\n\"From this one tweet, a movement was born and a group of renegade NYC residents banded together to help restaurants in need,\" the site says.\nEatDownTipUp.com also links to a Foursquare page that listing restaurants in Lower Manhattan that customers can support. It also includes a page called \"Restaurant Stories\" that details the trials and tribulations some NYC-based eateries have endured since the storm. \nNew Yorkers, will you participate in #EatDownTipUp? Tell us in the comments below.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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