Illinois House passes bill to ban unauthorized restaurant reservations

Mystateline ^ | 04/07/2025 | John Clark

[ChicagoConservative27]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A bill that would ban “black market” restaurant reservations in Illinois has passed out of the House.

HB2456, or the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act, would prevent third party services from listing, advertising, promoting, or selling restaurant reservations without a written agreement.

“At a time when local restaurants are operating with extremely tight margins and working to recover from the impacts of COVID-19, they shouldn’t have to deal with third-party services snatching up their reservations and selling them at a premium, which leads to no-shows and confusion that only hurts their bottom lines,” said State Representative Margaret Croke, who introduced the bill.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Illinois has stupid priorities. 2026 we are going to 3 billion in the hole and they come up with this. 🙄🙄🙄🖕🖕

[Responsibility2nd]

Who even thought up the idea of a black market restaurant reservation?

Perhaps the restaurant should take a $50.00 credit card fee in advance when anyone makes a reservation.

[Fledermaus]

I’ve never heard of third party reservation systems that the restaurant didn’t sign up for.

[KarlInOhio]

I’m waiting for Gutfeld to tear this apart with jokes about the oversized governor.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Probably for the benefit of Pritkers hotel restaurants.

[mass55th]

Restaurants should just stop taking reservations to dismantle the third party criminal activity, unless someone at those different restaurants are in on it, and getting a kickback.

[Scrambler Bob]

Maybe some 3rd party makes a reservation, then sells that time slot to someone else.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Apparently, nefarious individuals make reservations en masse at popular restaurants, then resell what they can for a premium and then let the remainder go. This leaves the restaurant with empty tables.

[gundog]

[PeterPrinciple]

There ought to be a law that if you pass stupid laws like this you have to remove a prior stupid law..................

[mass55th]

ROFL!!

[FlingWingFlyer]

ROTFL! Scalping restaurant reservations? American greed is on a roll.

[digger48]

Probably FatBoy Priztker doing it

[Larry Lucido]

Black market reservation

Isn’t that a double racist statement? Next folks will be asking the Chinese mailman where the nearest Chinese restaurant is.

[Larry Lucido]

Scalping

Dang, another racist!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Another Fauxcahontas Warren Buffalo Wings.

[EVO X]

Restaurants should just stop taking reservations to dismantle the third party criminal activity, unless someone at those different restaurants are in on it, and getting a kickback.

I live in a different world. If I try to make a restaurant reservation and there are no openings, I would try another venue rather than paying a 3rd party for reservations. That said, money talks and well known tipping customers aren't going to have a problem getting a reservations.

[Larry Lucido]

I hear she is an Indian giver but only 2%.

[ridesthemiles]

WHO EVEN DREAMS UP THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR?

[EQAndyBuzz]

“ Who even thought up the idea of a black market restaurant reservation?”

Same enterprising man people behind companies like door dash, Turo, vrbo.