Delivery fee fallout: Seattle restaurants closing, drastically changing business model

The Seattle City Council has not acted on a proposed compromise bill set forth in part by food delivery apps, and time is up for local restaurants.

SEATTLE, Wash. — A stalemate between two parties has led to the suffering of another.

One restaurant is closing and another is making drastic changes to its business model. Both owners cite poor sales, particularly in the months after a $5 fee was introduced for all Seattle customer orders on apps like Doordash and Uber Eats.

For months, the Seattle City Council has avoided adopting a proposed compromise bill pushed for by third-party apps out of concern for

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