Restaurant offers 10% discount for families who make it through dinner without checking their phones 

  • Sarah's Corner Café in Stroudsburg has started offering 10 percent off checks if families can go without checking their phones
  • Restaurant has set up 'family recharging stations' at tables so people can drop their phone into a basket before they order
  • They get the discount if they can get through the meal without checking them
  • The discount only applies to groups of four or more people 

By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

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A restaurant in Pennsylvania is offering families a discount if they can eat their meal without checking their phones. 

Sarah's Corner Café in Stroudsburg has started offering groups 10 percent off their check if they can commit to switching off from technology.

The restaurant has set up 'family recharging stations' at tables, which allows people to drop their phones into a basket before they start eating. 

Sarah's Corner Café in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, is offering discounts to people who put their phone in a basket and refrain from checking it while they are at the table

Sarah's Corner Café in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, is offering discounts to people who put their phone in a basket and refrain from checking it while they are at the table

If diners can get through the meal without the urge to check their cell phones, they are rewarded with the discount. 

The discount only applies to groups of four or more people and a list of rules has been posted on the window outside the restaurant.

Owner Barry Lynch told GMA that groups of diners are given interactive games like old fashioned Hangman and Tic Tac Toe to encourage family conversation.

He said the idea was set in motion after observing one particular family who regularly come in to eat after church on Sunday.

The restaurant has set up 'family recharging stations' at tables, which allows people to drop their phones into a basket before they start eating

The restaurant has set up 'family recharging stations' at tables, which allows people to drop their phones into a basket before they start eating

The owner of the cafe in Stroudsburg, Barry Lynch, said most customers have started taking part and it had taken on a life of its own 

The owner of the cafe in Stroudsburg, Barry Lynch, said most customers have started taking part and it had taken on a life of its own 

'Every time I went over, one or two of the kids and sometimes the parents would be on the phone. I also knew the dad would commute to New York for work every day, which takes a lot of time,' Lynch said.

'I asked him about that and he said, "Yeah, I still do it. It's so nice to be together and these breakfasts are rare". And when he said that, I thought, "Oh wow. Something is going on here. I need to do something".' 

'A lot of people are starting to do it and it’s taken on a life of its own. I get huge feedback. Massive feedback.' 

Groups of four or more people are given a 10 per cent discount if they can successfully eat dinner without checking their phones

Groups of four or more people are given a 10 per cent discount if they can successfully eat dinner without checking their phones

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