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How Philly's First Pay-What-You-Can Café Is Taking Aim at Hunger
And food waste, too.
When diners push back from the table after eating dinner at EAT Café, a 30-seat establishment opening next month in a renovated row house in West Philadelphia, they’ll have a few options for settling the check.
A three-course meal at the café will go for around $15*—but that price is just a suggestion. The bill will clarify that patrons are welcome to pay less, more, or nothing at all. Coupled with corporate sponsors and grants, diners who tack some more on to the recommended amount will help shoulder the costs for patrons who pay less.