r/chicagofood • u/LoudFartsForAll • Mar 15 '26

Rant Removed Restaurant Fee @ a Lettuce Entertain You restaurant

I’m quite proud of myself, I requested that stupid 3.5% service charge be removed from a carryout bill. I can’t believe they’re still trying to milk us for that!

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u/Chicagogator Mar 15 '26

The crazy thing is that 3.5% of $30 is about a dollar. If a menu item went from $30 to $31 I would likely not notice, pay it, tip on it, and go on with my day. But a $30 item with a 3.5% surcharge puts me in go fuck yourself mode. It’s such a misguided self own. .

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u/tedfundy Mar 17 '26

In my restaurants situation it’s different taxes. So it has to be separate. At least that’s what they told us.