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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reported by Channel 9:

At Penn Quarter Sports Tavern in downtown DC, customers will see not one, but two surcharges on the bill.

The first is a 6% service fee to offset rising wages due to the “DC Minimum Wage Act” or Initiative 82, which is incrementally raising the tipped minimum wage to more than $17 an hour.

[b]The restaurant also added a new surcharge that is becoming more common around the District.  A 3% fee just for using a credit card.[/b]

A 3.75% surcharge is listed at the very bottom corner of the menu at all restaurants in the Clyde’s Restaurant Group.

And now a consumer protection non-profit named Travelers United is trying to take a stand. The group is suing one of DC’s oldest and most successful restaurant groups, Clyde's, for the fee it’s been tacking onto bills. Clyde’s fee is labeled a “2023 surcharge” on the menu.

“You can’t charge a fee and say that you are charging a fee because it’s 2023,” said Travelers United Attorney, Lauren Wolfe. “That’s not allowed.”

Wolfe believes Clyde’s is in violation of the DC Consumer Protection Act, which says restaurants have to clearly disclose surcharges on the menu, and says Clyde’s isn’t the only one violating the law.[/quote]
This is when customers will just stop tipping all together. The cc transaction fee is already built into menu pricing since carry cash became less common 20+ years ago.

So keep adding fees that result in no
tips and staff quitting. How long will the restaurant survive then?[/quote]

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