If you’re a #cars guy in the #sfba, you’ve probably heard of Alice’s restaurant in La Honda. I went up there recently and I saw this sign.
This is chickenshit. If you want to raise prices, raise your menu prices. I’m willing to pay for the difference. Don’t blame “inflation” and then add 6% to your prices off-menu. This shit should be illegal.
@drahardja one of the best restaurants near me doesn’t do crap fees like this. Instead they just adjust their menu prices to be fair but cover thier costs. During the pandemic they added 50% more space to their indoors and built a large outdoor seating and their food quality went up.
guess what - they are always busy every day for every meal
And have much of the same staff as they had prepandemic
(Adelita’s Taqueria Restaurant and Bar in San Jose)
@Denisvengeance@drahardja I can walk there from my house so it’s our goto lunch spot if we need to get out of the house but don’t want to drive anywhere. It’s a fantastic example of a small local business that does a lot of things right - they have reinvested in their space, have kept up and increased the quality of their food and seem to be a fair employer (judging solely by retaining staff for years). And they have fantastic options for vegetarians and vegans so easy to invite friends there
Also, disturbing commentary from an ex-worker of Alice’s:
“Alice’s is a horrible restaurant, they have “weekend menus” where they raise prices dramatically to scalp customers, they mistreat and underpay workers, and the quality and care for the raw food is despicable. The amount of cross contamination in the kitchen is unbelievable, I have seen fresh fish sitting out for hours in the sunlight before anyone bothered to put it away. Do not eat here!! The 6% up charge is the least of your worries if you choose to eat at this despicable restaurant. How do I know? I used to be an employee and witnessed firsthand all of the above mentioned issues and many more!”
Raising prices on weekends is understandable. But the suggestion about poor food handling is not great.
When I lived in The City and still road motorcycles, it use to be the "thing to do" to stop at Alice's to look at other bikes & to meet other riders but not necessarily eat there.
I have eaten there when it wasn't busy and never got sick there but this was back in the 80's when I hope their food handling was better.
After awhile, I still rolled by to see what was going on but Alice's simply got too busy/popular and I stopped going there and rode down to Pescadero via La Honda & Pescadero Ck Rds to eat at Duarte's Tavern instead, which is FAR BETTER than Alice's and then road back up to The City via Hwy 1.
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