Dining out is so stupid these days

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Elections have consequences

Yeah, was gonna, OP voted for this.

Yep an incompetent president ignored a pandemic… consequences for decades.

Ok? You still voted for it. Enjoy your $50 burger.

(And Trump strongly recommended lockdowns, which destroyed my life, so...you're just insane thinking he ignored it, lady.)

We wouldn’t have needed a lock down if he didn’t ignore the fact that there was a pandemic going on in November 2019. Didn’t want to ruin anybody’s vacations.

What a complete idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Checking out a new restaurant they just opened online and their menu says they charge the following:

$20 for 8 wings
$21 for a burger
$18 for a burratta appetizer
$16 for fried green tomatoes
$16+ for every salad
$15+ for every cocktail
$7-9 for every beer
$12 bread appetizer
$25+ at a minimum for any entree


Has anyone else given up on dining out? Prices are now astronomically stupid. Nearly $200 or over for dining out is now a minimum. What are these places going to do if there's ever a significant recession and people really start to give up on these prices? Two beers and friggin burger now run you $50 if you just want to watch the game at a bar area. Ridiculous. And this isn't even remotely close to any kind of finer dining.

It's really shocking how much restaurants are overpriced in the US. You can travel to Asia and get amazing for for $1-10 per dish, and even when you count for purchasing power parity, they spend way lower relative to income on dining out in Asia. Why does the US love to gouge the crap out of consumers?

What's your HHI?

What's Asia's median income?

[Anonymous]

I switched to takeout/delivery almost completely. Chinese isn’t cheap anymore! Mexican is the cheapest (and pizza but that’s for the kid). Indian and Vietnamese are two other options. The rest is ridiculously expensive and frankly not interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thing is, with prices going up, if the food is disappointing, you really feel burned. We got Thai takeout last night from a place we have been going to for years, it is usually good, but the chicken was really tough this time. I could not believe how much I paid for an unsatisfying meal.

This is my experience as well. Prices are higher, quality is worse, service is really abysmal.

[Anonymous]

I can’t stand going to a restaurant and they want you to pull up the menu on your cell phone with a QR code and order on the phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Checking out a new restaurant they just opened online and their menu says they charge the following:

$20 for 8 wings
$21 for a burger
$18 for a burratta appetizer
$16 for fried green tomatoes
$16+ for every salad
$15+ for every cocktail
$7-9 for every beer
$12 bread appetizer
$25+ at a minimum for any entree


Has anyone else given up on dining out? Prices are now astronomically stupid. Nearly $200 or over for dining out is now a minimum. What are these places going to do if there's ever a significant recession and people really start to give up on these prices? Two beers and friggin burger now run you $50 if you just want to watch the game at a bar area. Ridiculous. And this isn't even remotely close to any kind of finer dining.

It's really shocking how much restaurants are overpriced in the US. You can travel to Asia and get amazing for for $1-10 per dish, and even when you count for purchasing power parity, they spend way lower relative to income on dining out in Asia. Why does the US love to gouge the crap out of consumers?

I mean this literally “Are you new here”? Burgers have been over $20 at not even particulars high end sit down establishments for over 5 years now. Are you coming from a lower COL area of the US? And the comparison to Asia is strange. They have an entirely different food system.

In 2018 I was regularly going to quiz nights with 1lbs giant burger specials with all sorts of toppings for $9.99. Craft beers were $5 and domestics $3. I could go 3 hours during quiz nights and spend $25-30 with tax and tip. Now if all I wanna do is watch a stupid football game, have a burger and 2-3 beers, I'm blowing through $50+. Have people's salaries gone up 70-100% in 5 years? No? So why have prices. People always complain about corporations price gouging, but your local places are now doing the same S.

$20 for 8 stupid chicken wings? F off. They were only $0.25 15 years ago. Tell me what other things have gone up over 500% in that time span. Dining out in the US is now a massive ripoff.

Either stop going or stop complaining.

[Anonymous]

I’ll still go out for steak bc we can’t get it as tasty. However with a family of 6 it’s always about $200+ so have cut back too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I switched to takeout/delivery almost completely. Chinese isn’t cheap anymore! Mexican is the cheapest (and pizza but that’s for the kid). Indian and Vietnamese are two other options. The rest is ridiculously expensive and frankly not interesting.

Yep. I just order ethnic food these days or eat at similar Asian / Mexican / Indian restaurants

I can make basic American or Italian food at home …tastes just as good as most restaurants and a fraction of the cost!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll still go out for steak bc we can’t get it as tasty. However with a family of 6 it’s always about $200+ so have cut back too.

What do you expect with 4 kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll still go out for steak bc we can’t get it as tasty. However with a family of 6 it’s always about $200+ so have cut back too.

Tell me where you get steak for 6 people for $200.

[Anonymous]

Completely agree, OP! And the food isn’t even good! I don’t mind paying for a nice meal, but I am done with these generic American restaurants $20 burgers and fried chicken sandwiches… so unhealthy and a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stand going to a restaurant and they want you to pull up the menu on your cell phone with a QR code and order on the phone.

Oh yes, that’s a no for me. I won’t return to those places

[Anonymous]

We have more restaurants than ever opening where I live. I frankly don’t know how my town (where people are sick of inflated food prices) are supposed to support all of these places.

I think many of them will fail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have more restaurants than ever opening where I live. I frankly don’t know how my town (where people are sick of inflated food prices) are supposed to support all of these places.

I think many of them will fail.

Yup. First recession we get the restaurant industry is going to get obliterated with these insane prices they’re now charging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I switched to takeout/delivery almost completely. Chinese isn’t cheap anymore! Mexican is the cheapest (and pizza but that’s for the kid). Indian and Vietnamese are two other options. The rest is ridiculously expensive and frankly not interesting.

Yep. I just order ethnic food these days or eat at similar Asian / Mexican / Indian restaurants

I can make basic American or Italian food at home …tastes just as good as most restaurants and a fraction of the cost!

Even ‘cheap eats’ are now expensive. The Mexican food truck thst came to our neighborhood the other day was charging $15 for 3 tacos. TACOS! Just cheap meats like chorizo or chicken….$15 for a single set. Tacos are now $5 each.

And don’t even get me started on Italian, French, etc. You better have a hefty ass bonus check to get any decent Italian meal because they’re gouging you $30-40 per pasta dish these days. And that’s completely ignoring a typical meal where you’re supposed to order a salad, first course, and entree. Better gave $200-300+ just for two for Italian or French. So overpriced.