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Beware of 'supply chain' surcharges and other new restaurant fees

New mandatory extras are leaving guests steamed. Here's what to do.

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Christopher Elliott
Dec 27, 2021
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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.

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