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Phones are the new cigarettes: why restaurants are discouraging and even banning them.

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Some restaurants are discouraging or banning phones, including one that offered a free bottle of wine to diners who hand in their phone at the door.

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“Would you hand in your phone at the door in exchange for a free bottle of wine? One restaurateur has tried that – and there are now many other gambits that are encouraging us to connect Name: Phone bans.”
Guardian Technology, 14 Sept 2026, 15:31.

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