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The doomsayers were wrong. The sky has not fallen. The restaurant business, by all accounts, is booming (in fact, probably reaching a saturation point when one looks at eateries per capita). I think it’s safe to say we’ve got enough data – over almost two years now – to declare that Seattle has not suffered adverse consequences from its increases in the minimum wage, and has certainly not experienced the dire effects foretold by the anti-min wage crowd.
Why didn't you mention that restaurants are not yet paying $15/hour for their staff? In fact the law hasn't even taken effect yet for small business which describes most restaurants.
Seattle’s minimum-wage law, passed by the City Council and signed by the mayor in 2014, gradually raises the minimum wage each year until it reaches $15 for all workers by 2021. It gives small employers more time than large ones to reach that $15 pay rate.
That's funny, I was just in Seattle a couple of months ago. There were "help wanted" signs in business windows everywhere and over 60 construction projects going on simultaneously. I counted 48 big cranes. Didn't seem very "fake" to me.
It is when the article fails to mention that the law has not taken effect yet.
Not fake at all. Did you even READ the article?
The article states that claims were made that "Seattle's new minimum wage law takes effect April 1st but it it already leading to restaurant closings and job losses" - and there are threads posted here making that very same claim. Those claims were made by Right-wing sources BEFORE the law even went into effect (the very thing YOU just complained about). Apparently those claims were outright lies. NONE of that has happened and in fact the need for such workers is greater than ever. Will it stay that way as the minimum wage rises?
THAT remains to be seen, but one is CLEAR - Rightwing claims that such businesses were closing or scaling back before the law even took effect were obviously pure BS. So far the EXACT OPPOSITE seems to be happening. TWO YEARS after such business were supposedly "closing or scaling back", the demand for such workers is greater than ever and restaurants are apparently thriving.
My calendar says 2017 .... Apparently a bunch of folks see 2021 in their rear windows.
Must be a Coastal Elite thing, not just a different Time Zone - but a different Year Zone.
Maybe it's the Wacky-Weed.
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In fact the law hasn't even taken effect yet for small business which describes most restaurants. 
