We’ve always found it a bit annoying when restaurants charge an additional fee to pay for Healthy San Francisco, the law that mandates health care for workers. If the cost of eggs goes up, there’s no “special breakfast cost pass-along surcharge.” So it seems to us more like a political statement in opposition to the law than a business expense.
That said, we’re happy to pay an extra 3 percent for a nice meal — if it means the people who cook and serve it get health insurance.
But it’s more than annoying to find that a lot of restaurants charge a special HSF fee — but it never goes for employee healthcare. Attached is an Excel file, based on data from the San Francisco Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, that shows which restaurants charge extra for health care — and how much of that money actually goes to employees.
We’ve also pulled out a list of the top 10 offenders — the restaurants who put the lowest percentage of their Health Savings Account money into actual employee health care. A caveat: Some of these places may just be lucky — maybe none of their employees got sick all year. But still, they’re collecting a surcharge for employee health care, and that’s not where the money’s going.
>>CLICK HERE FOR OUR EXCLUSIVE CHART OF RESTAURANTS WITH SURCHARGES — AND WHERE THE MONEY GOES (xls)
TOP 10 RESTAURANT OFFENDERS
Eagle Café
Surcharge: 3%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $ 55, 768
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $425.00
Tres Agraves
Surcharge: 4%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $ 103,503.00
Reimbursement Plan (total reimbursed): $1,497
Amici’s
Surcharge: 4.85%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $ 125,763.00
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $1,995
Blue Plate
Surcharge: 4%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $ 41,859.00
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $723
Park Chow
Surcharge: 2%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $ 93,072.00
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $1,680
2223 Restaurant
Surcharge: 4%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $79, 817
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $ 1,687
Johnny Foleys Irish House
Surcharge: 4%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $73, 133
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $ 1,550
MarketBar
Surcharge: 3%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $ 76,404.00
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $1,673
Andalu
Surcharge: 3%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $ 122,742.00
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $3,762
Wayfare Tavern
Surcharge: 3.5%
Reimbursement plan (total allocated): $ 60,114.00
Reimbursement plan (total reimbursed): $2,403