[gruez]

>They don't want to compete on pricing and quality.

I support this bill for other reasons, but price competition is a poor reason. Is not having all-in menu pricing really detrimental to price competition? My impression is that most restaurants have the same cost structure of menu price + tax + tip. I very rarely see restaurants trying to add any sort of charge on top. Therefore, at least when it comes to restaurants competing with each other, this law is a non-factor in most cases.

[pixl97]

The thing is we're seeing more and more restaurants doing this. It's like a cancer cell, there's only one at first, then if its successful it's conquered the entire organ market rather quickly. This is about cutting off a bad practice we're seeing spread in that industry.

And I want the bill to spread to other markets that love tacking on hidden fees (looking at you Airbnb).