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- From: dbernard@clesun.Central.Sun.COM (Dave Bernard)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Cover Charge for Restaurant?
- Message-ID: <1h73foINN8fv@cronkite.Central.Sun.COM>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 12:59:36 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.180830.13310@news.mentorg.com>
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- In article <1992Dec19.080924.6804@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>, ash@sumex-aim.stanford.edu (David Ash) writes:
- |> Tonight I was out with friends and we wanted seating in the restaurant
- |> area for dinner (fri night). They wanted a $5 cover charge. We refused
- |> and left. I'm thinking of not going back since as I pointed out to the
- |> guy (who knows I am a regular) that there should be some reward for
- |> customer loyalty, and he refused to listen.
- |>
- I've never heard of that! I have heard of a minimum charge- even if you just
- order a cup of coffee, you still have to pay $5.00- but even that only at
- houses of pancakes etc. where poor college students might congregate after
- hours.
-
- At night clubs, covers help cover the cost of entertainment. You can go to
- night clubs in Manhattan that have no cover charge, but you'll be paying $10.00
- for your beer.
-
- But to pay for the privelege of eating at their restaurant! Shake the dust off
- your feet. I'd write them if I were angry enough, but I wouldn't go back... even
- if they waived the cover for yours truly.
-