A restaurant in Georgia is garnering national attention for taxing bad parents who are unable to control their rowdy children. The Toccoa Riverside Restaurant just outside of Atlanta has drawn the ire of parents who feel they are unfairly being targeted by the restaurant who added this fee during the pandemic.
A Google review reads, “If you have children, absolutely avoid this place at all costs. Holy moly – the most disrespectful owner made a huge scene in front of the entire restaurant because our children were “running through the restaurant” – they were down by the river.. we were told we need to “go to Burger King and Walmart” and that we were bad parents. They have a $50 surcharge for “bad children.”
Internet sleuths have also noted the menu includes things like an 18% gratuity for separate checks and a $3 fee for sharing a plate.
A representative for the restaurant went on to say there’s nothing wrong with kids and families coming to the restaurant. However, kids running wild through the dining room “isn’t parenting.”