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Beverly Hills restaurant slammed over cake-cutting fee

The diner's receipt showed ten dollars per person for eleven guests, and the restaurant has since apologized and offered a full refund; slice sizes remain unreported.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on BBN After Hours
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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA rooftop restaurant in Beverly Hills is in trouble after a diner posted a receipt with a one hundred ten dollar fee to cut and serve a birthday cake.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt was ten dollars a head for eleven guests, and the whole dinner ended up past eleven hundred dollars.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe restaurant, Poza, has apologized on Instagram and admitted guests were not properly told about the fee.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPoza offered a full refund, and reportedly cut the fee from ten dollars to five per person.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSome people online defended it, saying staff time, plates and cleaning all count. Fair, but it's a cake.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSomeone sliced it and nobody was hurt.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive dollars a head.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNext year I'm bringing a cake, a knife and a lawyer, and the lawyer cuts.

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