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I like the idea of "you get one, pay for the rest". It keeps the expectation of getting that quick happy app but disallows for freebee gorging. Plus, I think any reasonable person undertands the restaurant is paying some cost for keeping those breadbaskets/chip baskets full. As one who cannot resist bread or chips/salsa, I would be grateful for the limits!!!
Not serving bread, and instead making it a menu item, really isn't a bad idea. Maybe not for established restaurants who customers might get upset, but for new ones opening at least.
1. Cuts down on restaurant costs so they don't have to jack up prices.
2. You eat less bread (or No bread) and have more room for appetizer, meal, dessert. good for the restaurant and considering the quality of most restaurant bread, prolly good for you too.
3. good for dieters who will resist the bread if it's not put on the table...
Jesus people are cheap. If you are going to eat 3 baskets of bread, then pay for it. What's the big deal? Bread isn't free at the grocery store.
This sounds like the "Guam Drink" syndrom. Most Guam drinks only have two ingredients with three being the maximum. The glass is always considered an ingredient. Scotch on the rocks would be a three ingredient drink.
Let's remember that initialy bread was served because there were no utensils and it was used to help get the food to your mouth.
I don't think that bringing free bread is bad, but one of the reason that some restaurants charge is that many people eat bread instead of paying for an appetizer or salad.
"Can I start you off with a soup or salad tonight?"
"No, but we'd love some bread"
There are some people who have two or three helpings of bread or more during a one or two course dinner, and yes the bread cost is figured into the entree cost, but is it fair for someone who doesn't eat bread to pay the same for an entree as someone who has three rolls? If a restaurant has to charge more to maintain it's cost margins doesn't it make sense that the people who eat the bread should be charged and the people who don't shouldn't.
I only know of one restaurant in this area that charges for bread and they put it on the menu under the appetizers and mention that the first basket (which was plenty of bread) was complimentary and additional baskets were a nominal fee (like 2 to 3 dollars). I enjoyed my bread, but I sure didn't pay for a second basket and my waistline thanked me for it.
I know that if when I went out bread cost extra I would eat less of it and how could that be a bad thing.
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