Cafe Diplomatico enforces $15-per-hour minimum spend during World Cup matches
Cafe Diplomatico enforces $15-per-hour minimum spend during World Cup matches
—The minimum amount customers have to spend—per hour—for the privilege of watching Italy’s World Cup matches at Cafe Diplomatico in Little Italy. According to the CBC, the College Street institution debuted the minimum-spend policy during last Saturday’s Italy-England game. As one customer noted, the rule amounts to an enforced-drinking policy, since few people are likely to consume enough food to cover the charge, especially at a place where a large pizza only costs $14.50.
don’t really see why this is a problem, not very hard to spend $15 anywhere, you do not have to drink. Place’s charge cover for club/band/dj. Smart business to make more money that have a bunch of people sit around drinking coffee and coke.
I don’t see an issue with this, if they did not have a minimum spend policy people would just sit and waste space, I was there and people were lined up from 3pm to get in, imagine how much business they would loose with squatters if they did not enforce this?!?