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Subject: Re: Angry Italians to go on national pasta strike Posted on: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 23:00:02 +0100


"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
news:1i3xtyx.1ep2ubl7uvcxsN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
>B Vaughan wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 23:51:45 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
>> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >That's a shame in a way. More pragmatic in my opinion might be to have
>> >the higher price for the pasta (or primo) if you don't order a secondo.
>> >I noticed that some restaurants charge higher cover charges if you have
>> >pizza...
>>
>> Most restaurants in Italy don't have a cover price at all. It's a sure
>> giveaway that you're in a tourist location.
>
> Most of my visits to Italy have been to tourist locations.

Are there any locations that aren't?

> I'm not sure
> that I remember eating in a restaurant there which didn't have a cover.

No neither can I

tim