Cover charge
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A cover charge is an entrance fee sometimes charged at bars, nightclubs, or restaurants. It is collected upon entry or as an additional charge on the bill.
Club bouncers are sometimes responsible for collecting a cover charge.
When a group of people sits at a table in a diner, several types of restaurants will charge an additional fee even for a guest who does not order any food; this charge is for the service of setting out the tablecloth, napkin, and cutlery.
Dram shop
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A dram shop is a bar, tavern or similar commercial establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold. Traditionally, it is a shop where spirits were sold by the dram, a small unit of liquid.
Cover charge
…which was overturned by California Proposition 8 (2008). Ladies' nights in Illinois have been upheld under the anti-discrimination provision of the Dram Shop Act. The court determined that the discount was intended to encourage women to attend the bar in greater numbers, rather than to discourage attendance by…
Dram shop license of Eliza Haycraft, June 28, 1855 - DPLA