For the past two years two apparently high-end restaurants in Chicago have been taking reservations only if the customer will pay for his dinner online in advance. The customer pays not only for food but also for the tip, these charges are not refundable. A New York restaurant will be adopting this system this month.
The goal of the system is to solve a major problem of restaurants, the no-show reservation. About 10% of reservations don't show.
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Frankly, I wouldn't do them the favor of sitting on their seats, least of all paying for the privilege in advance. Plenty of good small restaurants around, without the snob value.
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