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Anonymous wrote:I saw that article too. I feel bad for the restaurant owner, staff and residents of the neighborhood. The likelihood of OP being targeted going to a restaurant is very unlikely. I live in DC (though a safer part) and travel a lot and have a higher risk tolerance l guess.

Regarding fees, are you hearing they’re worse in DC than close in MD and VA? I had not heard that.

Because DC passed salary laws for restaurant workers. The restaurants are now trying to pass the cost off to dinners with all sorts of hidden fees you can't see until the end. And staff still expect tips now in top of it. No way in hell I'm dropping and extra 40% on top of a bill. It makes for a very uncomfortable situation due to all of the hidden fees and expectations for ridiculous tipping.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw that article too. I feel bad for the restaurant owner, staff and residents of the neighborhood. The likelihood of OP being targeted going to a restaurant is very unlikely. I live in DC (though a safer part) and travel a lot and have a higher risk tolerance l guess.

Regarding fees, are you hearing they’re worse in DC than close in MD and VA? I had not heard that.

Why? They intentionally opened a restaurant/chose to work in a high crime neighborhood. Shaw wasn’t safe 8 years either. Businesses investing in these neighborhoods know that and assume the risk.

I guess you didn’t read the article. It talks about how the neighborhood was
experiencing a revitalization 8 years ago.

“I am in the line of fire, and people are waiting for me to be a casualty. And one day, somebody from my restaurant — a guest or a staff member or myself — is going to get injured or worse because this is the wrong location,” Maupillier told The Washington Post. “Because the police and the city have created a worse crime zone than it was eight years ago.”
Then the chef paused. “I’m sorry,” he added, “but I’m mad.”

……also l have a heart

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw that article too. I feel bad for the restaurant owner, staff and residents of the neighborhood. The likelihood of OP being targeted going to a restaurant is very unlikely. I live in DC (though a safer part) and travel a lot and have a higher risk tolerance l guess.

Regarding fees, are you hearing they’re worse in DC than close in MD and VA? I had not heard that.

Why? They intentionally opened a restaurant/chose to work in a high crime neighborhood. Shaw wasn’t safe 8 years either. Businesses investing in these neighborhoods know that and assume the risk.

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Anonymous wrote:

Crime isn’t a problem in DC now? There are so many residents now getting fed up. If residents are fed up, why should one visit and patronize the city with their money? It’s clearly no longer safe. Add in hidden fees everywhere they want to sock you with, and the calculus for deciding whether to go or not increasingly tips in the favor of no mas.

I don't think anyone is asking you to come to the city, are they? I don't think anyone is asking me to come eat at True Foods in Tyson's Corner so don't announce that that scene isn't my cup of tea.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why people are getting bent out of shape at the fees and charges being added to bills. Just remove that amount from the tip line and get to your net 15-20% or whatever you tip normally. I have done this constantly and no restaurant has given me an issue.

As for crime, that's life in the big city. I think we've been spoiled over the years in DC. You all live there in the 90s? I was a student then and most of the city was no-man's land back then. Now, you can go throughout the city to enjoy fine dining. Yes, there is crime and yes, it appears to ahve gone up, but relatively speaking, it's still very safe.

Because often they are not disclosed or very very fine print on the menu in a place you wouldn't look. So it can almost double your bill.

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why people are getting bent out of shape at the fees and charges being added to bills. Just remove that amount from the tip line and get to your net 15-20% or whatever you tip normally. I have done this constantly and no restaurant has given me an issue.

As for crime, that's life in the big city. I think we've been spoiled over the years in DC. You all live there in the 90s? I was a student then and most of the city was no-man's land back then. Now, you can go throughout the city to enjoy fine dining. Yes, there is crime and yes, it appears to ahve gone up, but relatively speaking, it's still very safe.

Anonymous wrote:Our fee is 3.5 percent added this summer. Only one customer has complained about it to me, and then took it out of my tip. Very impressive math skills. It was the exact amount. That part is not a big deal though.
I wish they hadn't wasted my time. Sat there forever , then waving me down as if I wasn't busy enough.
Why not ask about all the fees before deciding to sit down.

Anonymous wrote:OP maybe a troll, be we were HUGE fans of the Wharf, but the constant weed smell and the recent armed robbery definitely dissuades from as night time visits.

Anonymous wrote:Our fee is 3.5 percent added this summer. Only one customer has complained about it to me, and then took it out of my tip. Very impressive math skills. It was the exact amount. That part is not a big deal though.
I wish they hadn't wasted my time. Sat there forever , then waving me down as if I wasn't busy enough.
Why not ask about all the fees before deciding to sit down.

Anonymous wrote:Please stay outside of our city. Plenty of "safe" spaces for you in the burbs.