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Restaurant: We Don't Charge Enough For This Food, So You
Can't Have A Doggie Bag

Restaurant: We Don't Charge Enough For This Food, So You Can't Have A Doggie Bag

If you order food, should you be able to take the uneaten portion home with you? Sure, you can’t take home a box full of roast beef and shrimp from an all-you-can eat buffet, but can you take home half of a cheeseburger from a chain restaurant? Jennifer writes that the staff at the McCormick and Schmick’s that she visited recently don’t seem to think so. Her boyfriend wasn’t allowed to take the uneaten portion of his burger and fries home because it was purchased during happy hour, at happy hour prices. [More]