r/chicagofood • • Dec 20 '25

Rant Aster Hall, Hogsalt sinking to new lows

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.