On Apr 8, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Christian Geisert wrote: > Jacopo Cappellato schrieb: > >> If in a menu in an Italian pizzeria you see that a pizza costs 7EUR, then >> you will pay exactly 7EUR. > > Ha, in Italy sometimes the final bill will include a tax called Coperto ;-)
He he... "coperto" is actually not a tax, it is what you pay to the restaurant for the "service": people serving you, the usage of dishes and forks, the bread, that is always free in Italian restaurants (we eat a lot of bread!) but on the other hand you have to pay for the water (that is free in the US). Another interesting difference is that you don't have to pay the tip (rather unusual in pizzerias, a bit more common, but no more really expected in restaurants). But yeah, I have over simplified my example :-) Jacopo > > SCNR > Christian
