Eat at Obama's.

You mean this:

" Diners filled their plates with only the food they wanted and paid what they thought the meal was worth or what they could afford."

Somehow will come to this?

"The restaurant also had failed to keep concise records of food costs and fixed costs. All told, mismanagement cost the restaurant $8,000 to $10,000 a month, Cerreta said."

Amazing...

Advertising and corporate sponsorship might save them. Display enough ads and the food pays for itself. CLICK HERE

I like to think of my GF's snapper as a "Non-profit eatery".

/Going back for seconds

Five years ago: "I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm going ahead and doing it anyway."

Today: "OMG it's not working!!"

How is this news?

bearded clamorer: I like to think of my GF's snapper as a "Non-profit eatery".

/Going back for seconds

Dumpster diving?

Where's the unions?

Come on; unionize.

bearded clamorer: I like to think of my GF's snapper as a "Non-profit eatery".

/Going back for seconds

You like eating my leftovers

Chef Ramsey would call them farking idiots.

beoswulf: bearded clamorer: I like to think of my GF's snapper as a "Non-profit eatery".

/Going back for seconds

Dumpster diving?

Eating healthier now. Gave your mom the boot last month. :P

kevinboehm: Five years ago: "I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm going ahead and doing it anyway."

Today: "OMG it's not working!!"

How is this news?

...

I'm baffled at the 'no menu' concept. Do people just ask for what they want to eat, and the restaurant makes it? Do the waitstaff just bring out random plates of food? Do people even know what they are getting before they eat it?

And from what I understand of restaurants, not having a menu should not equal not having meals planned out.

Bizarre.

/there was a place here that had buffet style vegetarian and vegan food, and you paid by the weight of what you took. About a year ago they switched over to a traditional menu format and that seems to have done wonders for their business...
//glad they're still around because their food is super tasty.

I think this covers it.

Lol, unionizing the workers would would be an awesome last straw for her. "Crap, my hippy economics don't work, and now my workers are going to unionize and rape me unless I switch to setting prices and a stable time-system and stop campaigning for my ideals... Maybe I should try to encourage them not to unionize...wait...what?...capitalism...good? pointless activism...bad? unions...bad? brain...collapsing..."

Merltech: Chef Ramsey would call them farking idiots.

If they called him for a shot at Kitchen Nightmares, I think there would finally be some stabbing on that show.

*picks up the phone*

I love to eat at my gf's "Non-profit eatery". It's called gina's place. I can still smell it on my hands. *deep breath* mmmmmmm best fish in town.

I think game theory covers scenarios like this--would have to crack out books to find out the exact details.

Basically, IIRC, such "honor" endeavors will work for a while, until one jerkwad comes in and abuses it horribly. And when people see the jerkwad get away with it all, they begin think they deserve some of the action, and you end up with a bunch of people abusing it, and the endeavor always ends up failing. C'est la vie.

SAD.

miller007: I love to eat at my gf's "Non-profit eatery". It's called gina's place. I can still smell it on my hands. *deep breath* mmmmmmm best fish in town.

What you did there, I see it. BTW how do I taste.

They have a menu: a seasonal, daily market menu.

They are also a bunch of dirty, smelly hippies.

bigpeeler: Eat at Obama's.

I would, but he keeps giving what I pay for to someone else.

you taste.....

Basking_lizard: kevinboehm: Five years ago: "I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm going ahead and doing it anyway."

Today: "OMG it's not working!!"

How is this news?

...

I'm baffled at the 'no menu' concept. Do people just ask for what they want to eat, and the restaurant makes it? Do the waitstaff just bring out random plates of food? Do people even know what they are getting before they eat it?

And from what I understand of restaurants, not having a menu should not equal not having meals planned out.

Bizarre.

/there was a place here that had buffet style vegetarian and vegan food, and you paid by the weight of what you took. About a year ago they switched over to a traditional menu format and that seems to have done wonders for their business...
//glad they're still around because their food is super tasty.

This is actually a vegan place two. It is a block from my work and several people in my work eat there on a regular basis. I have eaten there once and it wasn't bad. Basically they just have hwat they have and you eat it. They have a free place where you dont "donate" you can get feed kin of like a soup kitchen. On the other end you donate what you think your meal was worth and they give you the food. It's kin of a weird concept for SL, UT but what can I say.

/getting a kick out of these replys.

At one point, the bank account was so depleted that employee paychecks bounced.
"Mine didn't clear for 3 1/2 months,"

That's more than just "at one point"

And I'll THIS what the person said before about schemes like this working till one jerkwad comes along. A better system might be that people pay $20 a month for a membership and then they can set their own price. Or get a discount.

The monthly fee would also mean a more stable source of income for the restaurant.

Driver: bigpeeler: Eat at Obama's.

I would, but he keeps giving what I pay for to someone else.

Obama-Mart?

miller007: I can't stop laughing at that picture. Thank you.

phiberosmosis: This is actually a vegan place two. It is a block from my work and several people in my work eat there on a regular basis. I have eaten there once and it wasn't bad. Basically they just have hwat they have and you eat it. They have a free place where you dont "donate" you can get feed kin of like a soup kitchen. On the other end you donate what you think your meal was worth and they give you the food. It's kin of a weird concept for SL, UT but what can I say.

lol wut?

LOL what a horrible idea!

1. People who can't afford a meal won't pay.
2. People tend to think of a free meal as not a big deal, so they don't leave much if anything.
3. Even with reasonable prices restaurant many times have trouble staying afloat.
4. Those involved will probably end up in real soup lines.

phiberosmosis: SL, UT

Wait, what?

Hey, it's like 85% of all privately owned restaurants, a money pit for idiots who insist on doing it their way.

shiate: phiberosmosis: This is actually a vegan place two. It is a block from my work and several people in my work eat there on a regular basis. I have eaten there once and it wasn't bad. Basically they just have hwat they have and you eat it. They have a free place where you dont "donate" you can get feed kin of like a soup kitchen. On the other end you donate what you think your meal was worth and they give you the food. It's kin of a weird concept for SL, UT but what can I say.

lol wut?

LOL. Sorry I am dividing my time between work/a midterm paper/ and fark.

/my own epic fail

They were doing okay for a few years. Sounds like the economic downturn's affecting them, along with the owner not bothering to actually run the restaurant.

Generally speaking, people tend to overprice items if they're asked for a price.

Monkey MKIII: phiberosmosis: SL, UT

Wait, what?

Salt Lake, Utah

How much you wanna bet that this news coverage will put this eatery on Ramsey's radar (ratings are ratings you know)...

/there will be blood..

JennicaJJ: Basically, IIRC, such "honor" endeavors will work for a while, until one jerkwad comes in and abuses it horribly. And when people see the jerkwad get away with it all, they begin think they deserve some of the action, and you end up with a bunch of people abusing it, and the endeavor always ends up failing. C'est la vie.

Human Nature, but try to explain that to the new dear leader.

I wish the income tax system was one where I could pay what I thought government was worth or what I could afford.

hippy co-op

John1701q: Human Nature, but try to explain that to the new dear leader.

Dear lord. Just because Rush Limbaugh says it doesn't make it so.

jjorsett: I wish the income tax system was one where I could pay what I thought government was worth or what I could afford.

You could always try it.

beantowndog: jjorsett: I wish the income tax system was one where I could pay what I thought government was worth or what I could afford.

You could always try it.

Yeah, just send them a check with that note. Of course, they can then show you how little you are paying into the prison system. You get what you pay for!

bigpeeler:
Eat at Obama's.

GOLF CLAP

That's how it's done, folks. It's like blitzkrieg, but with ASCII instead of tanks.

This is actually a vegan place

Now there's a shocker.

"We were financially shaky, but we will be fine," Cerreta said. "We are in no danger of us closing."
Following tradition wasn't what Cerreta wanted when she founded The One World "Everybody Eats" Cafe five years ago...Cerreta turned the business into the nonprofit One World Everybody Eats Foundation with its own board of directors. She traveled the country speaking about the concept and helped people start similar community kitchens in other cities.

Founded with Dad's money or (ex-?)husband's money?

No Such Agency: That's how it's done, folks

What? By making a predictable statement at the outset?

Only in Seattle. Seattle liberals make all the California liberals look like Rush Limbaugh acolytes.

Note to self: when attempting to pioneer a new concept restaurant, first learn how to manage a restaurant.

I went there with 15 of my friends for a birthday party and we were all blazed and ate a shiat ton of food and only gave them thirty cents so I'm getting a kick out of these replies

Idiots.

It's just trying too hard, too fast. At the beginning, there needs to be a group of idealists who organize things. Have a centralized plan for what the restaurant's goals are. This, oh, call it a "central committee", would determine what the goals will be for the workers and the restaurant. Then after an unspecified period, when the concept is permanent and sustaining, those in power would voluntarily relinquish that power and everyone would work/pay as much as they could, and take what they require.
Someone should write a book about that.

THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS GOING TO BE LIKE UNDER OBAMA'S AMERICA.

antoniojvr: THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS GOING TO BE LIKE UNDER OBAMA'S AMERICA.

WHY ARE WE YELLING! LOUD NOISES!

I don't understand how this was even conceived. it seems like one of those complete leftard ideas that works REALLY REALLY WELL until real people become involved with it and then it is epic fail.

Hippies and business just don't mix. This is not news