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Restaurant offers discount to ditch cellphone at the door

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    Eva Restaurant owner and chef Mark Gold explains

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Meanwhile you might want to check your tech at the door.

Because if you put this down.

-- bill will go down one restaurant is giving customers.

5% off their bill for putting away their phones mark gold is this that's an owner -- of -- restaurant in Los Angeles.

I think this is a brilliant idea and I -- devices.

All -- -- I haven't chipped admire but I I think it's a good idea what response you getting -- votes.

That the same response that you feel and it's once he's been to the -- was really.

Thought it was a great idea and very thankful that we're actually doing something -- You know it's fun and it was -- my colleague separate sort of the last -- say.

It's kind of -- you have to pay people through this but it is what it is when -- -- -- Well I mean we just want people to connect again and it's about.

You know too many times people on the cell -- during used during dinner service and a fuss is about disconnecting with each other and and we -- it's it's lost the art of communicating.

And sharing emotions and thoughts with each other and so that was -- whole premise behind it.

-- done any steadfast to say no way I am gonna get this.

You know none whatsoever I mean there was really positive and really appreciate yeah exactly -- had a long meal or let's say it's like a date from hell.

Do they miss their devices they go back to the carrot say give me my Blackberry.

You know half fort -- we -- that in that situation it and I'm hoping that it won't won't happen on what got you started on this though again -- you were you noticing today.

-- my patrons are.

Texting and the not simply migrate from.

You know I wasn't so much about people -- in the restaurants are on the cell -- it was really about bringing people closer together and we feel that.

You know.

That -- in the moment is has been lost and we want people to connect again and and so many times it's -- you know just for us it's about eliminating the one more distraction from the dinner experience and you know we're very small restaurants over -- 42 seats.

And you know we want we want to give people a certain experience and it's a very much a home.

It's a very warm very intimate space and we feel the best way to experience -- those with together.

Communicating what kind of -- -- It's very contemporary very modern cooking a lot of fish -- good nutrients and food.

Not have been so that's not a bad idea marketed it as a technology -- -- tonight supported.

Mark go Huskers are good saying it.

-- a little thank you.

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