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Pay what you want at your next restaurant visit!

Pay what you want at your next restaurant visit!

Buy and decide the price for yourself. Is it possible in this capitalist world? The thing has been tested by various music groups in recent years, like Sherbrooke Misteur Valaire: you pay what you want to buy the album, or a song, online. About restaurants, who will do it first?

Although this kind of restaurant already exists in Ireland, it is not for now we will see such a thing in Quebec. Eat enough and well, and pay according to your desire, this is a popular concept in this time of crisis.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the idea is rather simple. The restaurant offers a dozen dishes on the menu but does not display any prices. The customer is the judge and assesses the amount to pay for what he has just eaten.

The restaurant does not lose out of this adventure. Indeed, it suggests some prices and this is usually what the client leaves in the payment box. For example, a customer usually pays $12-13 for a pizza.

The concept has so captivated that the Irish need to book to ensure a spot there!

So the question arises: who will do it first in Quebec?

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