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of cans or seconds fromgrocery stores.Our
food is freshandgood foryou.Andwedon’t
give it away.”
Sohowdoes ano-price restaurantwork?
Well, the SAMECafé is open from 11 a.m.
to twop.m. Tuesday throughThursdayand
from 11 a.m. to seven p.m. on Friday and
Saturday, and it averages about 30 custom-
ers per day. Twenty percent of those cus-
tomers work for their meal, and the rest
paywhatever they think is fair. There is no
staff (onlyBrad andLibbywork there, plus
whatever volunteers they have that day),
virtually no overhead, and very low food
costs; the amount of food that they buy
is based on the average amount that they
serve, so very little of it goes to waste. It’s
the most simple business plan you could
have— and itworks. At the end of the day,
themoney in thedonationboxaveragesout
to be about $8 per person— right on par
with the “regular” restaurants in theneigh-
borhood. Mark Fischer, chef and owner of
RestaurantSix89, seessimilarresults. “Sur-
prisingly, check averages are almost identi-
All the
moneywe
use to run the
restaurant
comes from
thedonation
box.We’re
totally
dependenton
thehonestyof
thecustomers.
