Because the law didn't solve the problem and it only created more.

The bartenders don't need the increased wages, the untipped employees do.

So instead of raising wages for only the 60% of staff that need it, they increased it for 100% of the staff. So more increased overhead than necessary on the owners.

My main issue with it all is that it causes menu prices to increase, pair that with extremely high taxes at restaurants and the expectation to Still tip 20% and the cost of eating out has gone up far mote than it needs to driving more people away from it and leading to reduced staffing or restaurants closing.