text: Boo- what's the deal with the $5 cover charge at the new location? So, you pay $5.00 to get in, but then you also keep tossing $ in the jar so that they'll play your song, or in the case of Dueling Pianos, stop playing a song you don't like.\n\n I'm pretty sure the average patron drops $20 on songs in addition to drinking during the course of the evening. Maybe I'm just bitter because I wasn't the one to dream up this racket.