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- From: gadfly@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (Gadfly)
- Subject: Re: Cover Charge for Restaurant?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:34:01 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.233401.26291@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
- Summary: What's the problem?
- References: <1992Dec19.080924.6804@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1992Dec21.175922.3969@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>
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- In article <1992Dec21.175922.3969@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>, colette@bnr.ca
- (Colette George) writes:
- > I've never heard of a restaurant charging a cover charge at the door -
- > in fact, it's ridiculous if you're going there for dinner - sort of
- > like having to pay two tips or something. ...
- > Personally, I think it's pretty sleazy to expect restaurant patrons
- > to pay just to get in the door.
-
- But that's not all you're paying for. It's quite common in Chicago
- for the few places which serve not just excellent dinner but also
- excellent entertainment to have a cover charge. Your bill pays for
- the food, your tip pays for the service, and your cover pays for the
- band (or act, or whatever). Makes perfect sense to me--the musicians
- have to eat too, you know.
-
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