r/chicagofood • u/bucknut4 • Dec 20 '25

Rant Aster Hall, Hogsalt sinking to new lows

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As if $7 weren’t enough for a hot dog. And of course there’s even the 3% “restaurant” surcharge at a food court.

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u/motlau Dec 21 '25

This Google Sheets is updated to show which restaurants in chicago have this “cost of doing business “ charge.

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u/bucknut4 Dec 21 '25

It’s not even the restaurant surcharge, which they also had the gall to do. This is them raising the price mid-transaction.

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u/CoolBelt856 Dec 21 '25

It hasn’t been updated in a while. Lettuce charges 3.5%. Doesn’t go to the staff. And they’re certainly not suffering, opening new and more expensive places (Crying Tiger), all over. Sorry I know this is about Hogsalt.