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  Seattle vs. San Francisco: two cities, different fee distributions

  September 14, 2026

  We checked every restaurant we could find in both metro areas against its own website. San Francisco's fees cluster small and are usually about health-care costs. Seattle's cluster large and are usually just the tip renamed.

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  Using first-party sources for accuracy

  September 7, 2026

  Reddit threads and Google reviews about a restaurant's fees are usually sincere. What we learned figuring out mandatory fees: the problem isn't honesty, it's how many steps sit between the review and the actual policy.