[
  {
    "id": "dc-model",
    "evidenceLabel": "Conditional Estimate",
    "title": "A $20 Dish Can Mean A $29.74 Budget Before An Optional Tip",
    "text": "At Residents Cafe & Bar, $20 Bourbon Caramel Pancakes plus $6 drip coffee make a $26 menu subtotal. Assuming the published 4% charge uses that pre-tax subtotal, the charge is $1.04. Applying 10% tax to $27.04 gives $2.70, for a $29.74 estimate.",
    "limits": "One diner, no refill. Assumes a pre-tax charge base and taxable charge. Excludes optional tips, other purchases and unconfirmed charges. Not a receipt or verified final bill. Six or more introduces an unresolved simultaneous-charge scenario.",
    "sourceURLs": [
      "https://www.residentsdc.com/faq",
      "https://www.residentsdc.com/brunch",
      "https://cfo.dc.gov/page/tax-rates-and-revenues-sales-and-use-taxes-alcoholic-beverage-taxes-and-tobacco-taxes",
      "https://mytaxdc.wordpress.com/2023/03/27/otr-tax-notice-2023-03-sales-tax-on-additional-mandatory-charges-as-a-result-of-initiative-82/"
    ],
    "orderIds": [
      "meal-main-e801508abe9414d2"
    ],
    "checkedDate": "2026-10-25",
    "calculation": {
      "foodCents": 2000,
      "coffeeCents": 600,
      "chargeCents": 104,
      "taxCents": 270,
      "conditionalEstimateCents": 2974,
      "url": "https://topbrunchspots.com/research/brunch-price-index/?meal=meal-main-e801508abe9414d2&mealParty=1&mealRefills=0&mealRemovable=1#meal-costs"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "chicago-model",
    "evidenceLabel": "Conditional Estimate",
    "title": "A Removable-Charge Scenario Changes This Estimate By 81 Cents",
    "text": "For one Beatrix Fulton Market lemon-pancake order and coffee, the conditional estimate is $23.71 with the 3.5% surcharge retained and $22.90 with it removed.",
    "limits": "Menu subtotal $20.45. Assumes a pre-tax surcharge base and a taxable business-cost charge with a 12% modeled branch tax rate. Excludes optional tips, other purchases and unconfirmed charges. Neither amount is an observed bill.",
    "sourceURLs": [
      "https://www.beatrixrestaurants.com/beatrix/fulton-market/",
      "https://www.beatrixrestaurants.com/beatrix/fulton-market/menus/",
      "https://tax.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/tax/research/taxrates/documents/salestaxrates/ordmache-current.txt",
      "https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation/sales/mpea.html",
      "https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2606398",
      "https://www.ilga.gov/agencies/JCAR/EntirePart?titlepart=08600130"
    ],
    "orderIds": [
      "meal-main-a53e6c79c7d63a46"
    ],
    "checkedDate": "2026-10-25",
    "calculation": {
      "retainedCents": 2371,
      "removedCents": 2290,
      "differenceCents": 81,
      "url": "https://topbrunchspots.com/research/brunch-price-index/?meal=meal-main-a53e6c79c7d63a46&mealParty=1&mealRefills=0&mealRemovable=1#meal-costs"
    }
  }
]