Vito's is not "cash only". They accept checks but not credit cards. I suspect this helps them to keep their prices reasonable.

I understand your comment and must tell you that you are one of a kind if you would not charge for "no shows" at a scheduled rehersal dinner. I searched out many establishments for my son's rehersal dinner and at every single place I was told I would be responsible to pay the bill for the number of guests I had stated would be attending. This makes business sense to me in that the restaurant must order x amount of food to feed x amount of people. It should not be their loss if our guests do not attend. The same would be true if you invited x amount of guests and 6 more showed up. The restaurant owner should not charge for them either??? I recently paid $100 to my friend for a rehersal dinner in Pinehurst because I had told her I would attend but had a family emergency. When I found out she too had been charged $100 per person that did not show up, I gave her $100 to keep our friendship in tact because I knew the Country Club's policy about the client paying for the number of estimated guests. That is unfortunate for your friend, the groom that the owner didn't make that policy perfectly clear to him up front. And, if he did, it is still unfortunate that his friends/family that didn't attend didn't help him out with the bill. If you tell them up front that if they don't show up you will be charged x amount of money anyway (which in some cases is tacky!!!) I think your family/friends would be more aware of the importance of them attending or at least calling the groom to say they couldn't be there so he could replace them knowing he was paying for their meal. This is a catch 22 situation, and I do understand your being upset. The thing that upsets me is that they only accept cash. Sounds like some "hanky panky" going on there with the IRS?????