As the novel coronavirus alters the ways Washingtonians order and receive food from restaurants, customers at a growing number of businesses across town are seeing new service charges tacked onto their checks before they can decide how large of a tip to leave. Pan-Latin dishes from Seven Reasons, Burmese meal kits from Thamee, and Spanish small plates from Anxo Cidery were among the first purchases in town to carry these surcharges.

The owners, managers, and employees at these eating and