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Restaurants Are Quietly Charging for the Good Table
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Restaurants Are Quietly Charging for the Good Table

A growing number of restaurants are adding paid seat selection, with window tables and quiet corners carrying a surcharge in the same way airlines sell extra legroom. Operators argue that demand for prime spots was already creating unfairness and that pricing simply makes it transparent. Diners on social media are calling it the end of the free view.

Sunday, 13 September

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He Has Eaten at the Same Restaurant Every Day for 30 Years

He Has Eaten at the Same Restaurant Every Day for 30 Years

A retired postman has eaten lunch at the same neighbourhood diner every single day for three decades, ordering the same meal and sitting at the same stool. The staff threw him a party to mark the anniversary and revealed they had quietly stopped charging him years ago. He says he simply never found a reason to go anywhere else.