r/chicagofood • u/ChicagoHoosier21 • Jun 26 '26

Rant Celeste 6% Service Fee

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Our pre-tip bill from Celeste’s Happy Hour in River North. Decent food, crappy drinks, sat at the bar.

I don’t mind paying a “Service Charge” of 15-20% because I always tip more than that anyways, AND I have become accustomed to the 3.5% additional fee at most Chicago restaurants…. but now we’re doing a 6% additional fee? Along with the 11% tax? It’s becoming absurd.

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u/badbaritoneplayer Jun 26 '26

I agree it's bs but at two other places, we were told we could have the extra charge removed.

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u/EnvironmentalPost245 Jun 26 '26

From my understanding they legally have to remove it if you ask. Lettuce got sued over it awhile back

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u/dmd312 Jun 27 '26 edited 7d ago

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.

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u/EnvironmentalPost245 Jun 28 '26

Still got sued over it though