From the clandestinely costly to the unabashedly so, the latest industry news is all about the Benjamins.

• Zagat opens the lid on hidden fees like Del Posto's "straight up" martini charge. [Zagat]

• Forbes runs down the country's priciest restaurants (Masa, of course, is No. 1). What they don't tell you is that the picks are apparently limited to one per city — or Per Se, Alain Ducasse, Gilt, Kuruma Zushi, and Daniel would've made the list. [Forbes]

• The Hallo Berlin cart raises its prices (Dictator Special now $9). [Midtown Lunch]

• The Met's Grand Tier Restaurant lets in the unwashed masses (well, Lincoln Center patrons, anyway). [NYS]

• David Burke: Vegas, baby, Vegas! [Nation's Restaurant News]