Pay What You Can Afford Restaurants

[jeffrey]

At a new breed of "Robin Hood" restaurants, diners pay what they can afford -- and what they think the meal is worth

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1572805,00.html

[pretty cheap jewelry]

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Wow! I will have to check if there's one in my area.

There are so many 'kids eat free' (should start a new thread )
Just yesterday noticed one at:

Baja Fresh (this is like a La Salsa or Sharkey's rest.): 'Kids Eat Free'-Sat & Sun

Thx.

[Ima saver]

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I think that is pretty neat!

[rob62521]

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These folks are risk takers...I sure hope it works out for them.

[fairy74]

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Wow, I think that is a really fabulous idea!

[Hot dog]

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One of the restaurants in my area does that like once a week I always wondered what people would pay I have never gone before It is at a restaurant where a meal may be about $20 normally

[cicy33]

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[QUOTE=
There are so many 'kids eat free' (should start a new thread )
Just yesterday noticed one at:

Baja Fresh (this is like a La Salsa or Sharkey's rest.): 'Kids Eat Free'-Sat & Sun

Thx.[/QUOTE]

There is always a catch to these. People that have more than 2 children or the single mom. All of ours are 1 child free per paying adult. Sometimes it is still to expensive to eat out with 2 free kids and 2 pay kids. we rarely take the kids out to eat.

[pretty cheap jewelry]

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My kids cannot eat a full restaurant meal. We almost always order one adult and share the whole thing. Unless one kid meal is free

[PrincessPerky]

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Boy do I wish my kids didn't eat when out! I always think the kids eat free people have no idea what they are offering my kid!

Interesting article, interesting thought.....

[1pinch]

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hmmm...cool idea...I just don't see how these places are going to stay in business. Then again it creates buzz and most people probably pay enough to cover food costs.

[Ima saver]

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I am afraid a lot of people would take advantage. We wouldn't.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

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The food sounds good to me. I'd try the place.

[tinapbeana]

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well, as a privately owned business it wold seem the proprietor could refuse service to those who've previously stiffed the restaurant. i read in the article where one of the owners did confront a table of guests who'd simply not paid multiple times.

along the same lines, one of their websites stated they're applying for non-profit status so they can ask for donations etc, and in that situation i'm guessing everyone would get fed. just a guess, though.

either way, i live close to asheville and i would expect to see a restaurant like this pop up there any day. if the food's good, i'm definitely willing to give it a go.

[shelbylovesmelby]

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What an awsome idea! I'd be more than happy to volunteer some time helping out to pay for my families meal!

I agree my kids don't eat enough to even bother w/ a kids meal (dh thinks they should have one though), I think if they have an order of fried & a burger or chicken to split that's usually more than enough.

[shengmei]

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What really concerns me is that maybe a group of people would not pay a couple of times, and when the owner confront the people, the people would physically harm the owner.

A couple of years ago there was a waitress in my neighborhood who ran out after a group of people who did not pay. The group of people ran her down in their car. She died on the scene.