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> costs $12 with tip and delivery included Whoa, putting all the charges in the advertised price? Madness! Seriously though, I wish this was the norm.

• beat 11y ago
  Pricing transparency is one of the nice things that has come out of the mobile revolution. I think it'll become more and more common. For an alternative vision, Chicago's Alinea restaurant (with 3 Michelin stars, one of the greatest restaurants in the world, possibly the greatest in America) has gone from traditional reservations to a ticket-based model. You buy tickets in advance for your meal, like you would a sporting event or a concert. Tickets aren't refundable, but they're transferable. That's a fascinating model, at least for a restaurant that can be jampacked full with wait times running out weeks or months in advance.
  • mod 11y ago
    Are the tickets entry-only? Then presumably you pay for your meal as well? Perhaps you could just pay for drinks, I guess, and have the meal on the ticket. I assume their price covers all your typical upcharges anyway.
    • beat 11y ago
      The tickets are for the meal. Meal runs like $300 per person or so... I'll find out later this year, when I plan to buy tickets for my daughter and myself. She's a budding chef, and we should eat at the most powerful restaurant we can one of these days!
  • maxerickson 11y ago
    Thread about the ticketing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7853786 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7853786