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- From: lane@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu
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- Subject: Re: Cover Charge for Restaurant?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.090842.682@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 13:08:42 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.175922.3969@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> <1h53d1INNnd2@hp-col.col.hp.com> <1992Dec21.215842.18270@nynexst.com>
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- In article <1992Dec21.215842.18270@nynexst.com>, schwartz@nynexst.com (Steven Schwartz) writes:
- >
- > Minimum dining charges in restaurants have been around for a long time.
- > It prevents someone from walking in during the busy hour, ordering
- > french fries, and occupying a table for two hours. This is -not- a
- > cover charge: you don't pay up front for "admission."
- >
- > There is no excuse for a restaurant cover charge unless something is
- > being provided in addition to the food, e.g. a jazz concert.
-
- Cover charges are common in europe, but they cover what (in the US)
- would be the tip.
-
- This suggests an obvious solution :-)
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