Right, that is a BRILLIANT new fucking plan Denver. Restaurants are closing almost weekly because of costs and you want to add ANOTHER TAX. You add 20% to a restaurant bill and I will never go to or eat at one of them again. **"Basic economics tells you that when you want to encourage sales, you lower prices — not add 20% more plus tax to everyone’s costs,” said J.J. Ament, the president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. “This won’t fill restaurants any more than raising rents would fill empty office buildings."** Archive: https://archive.today/PQEIf From the post: >>The Colorado Restaurant Association expressed skepticism of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's proposal to tack a service charge onto local restaurant bills, while the Denver Chamber of Commerce argued that adding the fee — and thereby raising prices — would discourage sales. On Monday, Johnston told City Cast Denver, a popular podcast that a 20% service charge added to restaurant bills — and then taxing the total amount — could help local restaurants offset the city’s higher minimum wage and promote what he called pay equity among tipped and non-tipped employees.