<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3cb0d16c-aef0-4056-a8bd-ec42539fefd7/7A26191C-88C0-43D4-8AA3-99FAEDF9AF0D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sfgate.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812"><H2>A new trend: Restaurants charging for water</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sfgate.com/img/B9B32A85-BFCB-4E2F-B99E-3B4CF9E5AE45" alt="Is it OK for a restaurant to charge $1 for a glass of in-house filtered water?" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812"><P>We all realize it's a tough economy and restaurants are dealing the best they can. Yet sometimes they go too far, at least that's what one reader thinks. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812"><P>Here's his e-mail to me (edited for space):</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812"><EM>When I go to a restaurant I expect a fork, a plate, a napkin and a glass of water. Millennium restaurant is now making the mistake of charging $1 for the glass of water. They have stopped offering regular (free) tap water.</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812"><EM>Their justification is that they are filtering the tap water, and they no longer offer regular tap water. Will they soon be charging extra for the use of the fork, the plate and the napkin? Will they create a separate charge to pay for a new dishwasher? Where will the nickel-and-diming stop?</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?blogid=26&entry_id=39812"><EM>I spend a lot of money at our precious vegan restaurants. Too many have gone under. I want them to make a profit so that they will be there for the long term. I want to pay them a lot of money for my meal. Let me have a glass of water, please!</EM></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7A26191C-88C0-43D4-8AA3-99FAEDF9AF0D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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