![]() Volk, the real estate broker, said the only legally mandated charges in Vegas are sales tax and venue fees where there is live music, “so everything else is made up.” “Should a guest be uncomfortable with the surcharge, our policy is to explain it and, if appropriate, remove it,” Maruca said. Maruca confirmed that extra charges could be waived, if diners ask. A couple of minutes later, he handed me a revised bill without the tariff - and cautioned me to watch out for similar fees at other restaurants and bars along the Strip. When I questioned the fee on my bill at Alexxa’s, my server advised me that the surcharge wasn’t mandatory and that he could remove it. “But we are going about it in the simplest, fairest, most transparent way possible.” “In a sense, we are raising the prices,” Maruca said. I asked why they didn’t increase menu prices to reflect those costs. As costs continue to rise, surcharges are becoming more common and necessary in the restaurant and hospitality industries to ensure a sustainable, fair working environment for all of our team members.” “It is disclosed on the menu and receipt and represents a small percentage charge just above sales tax to partially offset increasing operations and labor costs in the high-impact resort corridor. Kelli Maruca, spokeswoman for Hexx and Alexxa’s, said in an email that their CNF up-charge “is a concession fee surcharge included on all guest checks.” But this has become a serious problem because it affects the perception of Vegas as a place that nickels-and-dimes customers.” They’re betting that if you’re on vacation, you aren’t going to waste time asking a manager to remove a bogus charge. Scott Roeben, the founder of, a popular Vegas blog that covers the city from a tourist’s perspective, said: “These places are relying on people being duped. They charge it because they think no one will question it, so they can get away with it.” “I’ve never heard of these fees in a lease, and there’d be no requirement in a lease to pass these fees on to customers. “That’s nonsense,” said Frank Volk, a commercial real estate broker who has represented landlords and tenants in restaurant and bar deals along the Strip for nearly 20 years. This American Life, National Public Radio, 23 December 2007.When I questioned some servers and bartenders about the added charge, they said the fee was a “tourist tax” assessed on every restaurant and bar along the Strip most venues build the fee into the menu prices, they said, but some break it out separately to be more “transparent.” “The Opposite of Gary.” From Georgetown Review (literary magazine, not political site). ![]() “My Father Was a Traveling Salesman.” Sonora Review, University of Arizona, issue 55/56, 2009. New Mexico English Journal, (October 2018), volume 32, issue 1, pp. ![]() “The Lesson” was also a finalist in the Sycamore Review’s Wabash Prize for Nonfiction (see figure above). Creative Nonfiction, Winter 18/19 issue. Wooden Spoon, a reflection on corporal punishment, is in the April issue of Mutha Magazine. God and the Magical Potato Chips a chapter from my manuscript appeared in Empty Mirror, publication date, May 24, 2019. Ode to a Tree Trunk at Tiny Seed Literary Journal, publication date December 9, 2019.Ĭochina de Mierda, a piece that focuses on characterization, is up on The Writing Disorder, publication date June 20, 2019. Origin Story, a chapter from my manuscript, appeared in issue 90 of Cutbank. Vagina Habitus, a lyrical essay, appeared in issue seven of The Hunger Journal, on February 7, 2020.ĭeveloping a Time of Writing Voice in Memoir, a piece on creative nonfiction craft, appeared in The Brevity Blog on February 5, 2020. The Fall, a memoir essay, appeared in Mutha Magazine on February 11, 2020. Two poems in issue six of Poetica Review published during the summer of 2020.Īgainst a White Background a reflective essay, appeared in Mutha Magazine on July 30, 2020. “The Performance,” an excerpt from my manuscript, appeared in “The Haunted Issue” of Hayden’s Ferry Review in the fall of 2020. “Trip to the Mechanic,” a flash nonfiction piece was published during the spring of 2023 in Unknotting the Line: The Poetry in Prose, number five in the Poetry of the Southwestern US seriesĬompounded Labor: Developing OER as a Marginalized Creator published MaIn the Library with the Leadpipeįive poems appeared on The Coachella Review site TCR Daily in the summer of 2022, one of which “White Space” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. “Horace” a poem will appear in issue 39.1 of The MacGuffin In Print & on Web
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