Beware of 'supply chain' surcharges and other new restaurant fees
New mandatory extras are leaving guests steamed. Here's what to do.
When Nancye Van Brunt got the bill for her dinner last weekend at Taste of Belgium, a restaurant in Cincinnati, it contained a fee she'd never seen — a 7.5 percent "supply chain surcharge."
She felt as steamed as the Brussel sprouts she'd just ordered.
But it wasn't from the lack of disclosure.