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Anders Tørneskog Anders Tørneskog is offline
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Default "Restaurants mark up wine by a lot more than you might expect."


"dickr2" > skrev i melding
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> In the US it's customary to tip on the total food bill minus any taxes.
> Do waiters/waitresses in high priced restaurants work any harder than
> waiters/waitresses in hamburger joints? I think not. For good service
> on a $10 meal I'll leave a 25% tip.
>

Hmm, a US wine-mark-up of 2.5x..., then 20-25%tip means a total of 3 to
3.2x, equal to the usual European mark-up... Ah, well, you don't drink wine
in US hamburger places, do you? No, not in Scandinavia either, but I've had
burgers with wine in Switzerland :-)

Anders