Minimum Wage Hike To Hike Restauant Prices?

According to the Boston Globe, restaurants will have some decisions to make on how they will combat the federal minimum raise increase from $5.85 per hour to $6.55 per hour. With the restaurant industry already facing hard times what will they do now? That’s a bout a 12% increase to their menu if they want to recoup the loss. Will they eliminate busing jobs and other hourly wage jobs. Will we no longer be greeted by a friendly host/hostess? Are we destine to have longer wait times because servers must now bus their own stations? What about the people who filled those jobs. What will become of them? Solutions anyone? see the article at http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/06/11/market_spotlight_restaurants_ready_for_wage_hike/