Diners really dislike fees at restaurants, those amounts that go by various names that are tacked onto end-of-meal bills. The phenomenon has been proliferating in the last few years. In California, though, they are about to go away.
The state this week issued guidance for a law, which takes effect in July, that bans such fees in a wide range of settings, including hotels, concert venues and restaurants. The measure, which is aimed at making it clearer up front to consumers what things cost, is particularly unsettling to restaurants, some of which had thought they might be exempt.
