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SAME Cafe: How much do people pay?
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 4:15 p.m.

Bob and Iris Goodrich each had a large soup and coffee. They paid $5 each.
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Greg had two slices of pizza, a large soup and a salad. He paid $7.50.
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Becky had a slice of pizza, a salad and an ice tea. She paid $7.
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James had a large soup, a salad and a slice of pizza. He paid $1.50.
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Sherrie had a slice of pizza, a salad and soup. She paid $1.
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Jennifer had a slice of pizza, a small soup and a cookie. She paid $5.
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The concept behind SAME is that some people will voluntarily pay more to help cover those who pay less or nothing at all.
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Brad Birky and his wife Libby started SAME in 2006.
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Raven had a small soup, two slices of pizza, a salad and a coffee. She paid nothing.
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Dewey had a slice of pizza, a salad and a small soup. She paid $5.
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Sarah had two slices of pizza, a salad and an ice tea. She paid $10.
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Greg had one slice of pizza, a salad and a coffee. He paid $5.
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Brad had a salad, a slice of pizza and a coffee. He paid $5.
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Renda had a large soup, a slice of pizza, salad and tea. She paid by washing dishes for two hours.
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SAME Cafe: How much do people pay?
In this week's Westword, Jared Jacang Maher reports on SAME Cafe, the non-profit Colfax eatery that lets customers pay what they want (or can). Here, a look at what recent SAME customers chose to pay for their meals. Photos by J. Knight, interviews by Maher.
In this week's Westword, Jared Jacang Maher reports on SAME Cafe, the non-profit Colfax eatery that lets customers pay what they want (or can). Here, a look at what recent SAME customers chose to pay for their meals. Photos by J. Knight, interviews by Maher.
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