A new kind of service charge as more Chicago businesses reopen Wednesday: Fees to offset costs for COVID-19 protection – Chicago Tribune

A spokesman for the city’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection said, "Businesses may increase their prices a reasonable amount due to COVID-19. However, this price increase must be disclosed prior to purchase, and businesses cannot claim that this surcharge is a tax. Furthermore, the Department of Finance has indicated that any surcharge customers are required to pay for food or beverages is considered taxable and should be included in the basis upon which restaurant tax is calculated.”
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MikeH
5 years ago

The weasels descend before the fires have even been put out. Chicago, you are a tone deaf hellhole. A wall should be built to keep your idiocy contained.

debtsor
5 years ago
Reply to  MikeH

People will be fleeing the city. After the 1968 riots, it took a generation for the city to come back. IIRC the last major skyscraper built during this era was the sears tower and it was a while before another one was built. Some suburbs like westmont, buffalo grove, and park forest, with their miles up miles of 1970’s split levels, exist solely because families fled the city of Chicago of the suburbs. It will be two decades before chicago grows again.

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