Thursday, December 25, 2003

OPEN FOR BUSINESS, WIDE OPEN

Porter Square’s Passage to India restaurant made a point of advertising it would be open for today’s Christmas Day holiday, which is important with so much else in Porter Square dark. It worked: The Indian restaurant was doing a fine business.

But its daily buffet, typically advertised with just as much passion, was missing. I’m guessing that with so many people forced to turn to it for sustenance, the restaurant saw no reason not to reap the $12.95 or so per meal possible without the $7.99 all-you-can-eat buffet clouding the issue.

In times of crisis, it is illegal to price gouge. I doubt Passage to India is technically in violation of this, but it seems slightly rude -- and makes me wonder if it’s an isolated incident.

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