A new restaurant type gives many the chance to eat.

By: Stephanie Strom and Malcolm Gay
The New York Times

Pay-What-You-Want Has Patrons Perplexed

"The country's latest experiment in pay-what-you-want eating started last weekend when a cafe run by Panera Bread, one of the fastest growing chain restaurants in the country, began refusing payments from customers in this affluent St. Louis suburb and politely asked them instead to "take what you need, leave your fair share" on wood-and-plexiglass lockboxes.