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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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? [/quote]

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. [/quote]

You've probably never been to Asia. You can eat ridiculously well for very affordable prices that locals can very easily afford.

The biggest problem here is rent. We have a commercial property crisis that will work its way through the system in the years ahead. It's not remotely sustainable. Commercial rents need to go down drastically and tax codes need to change. It's no surprise that your local favorite places have turned into banks lately

Then there's the inflationary pressure of food costs in recent rears. We all experience that in the grocery store, but of course restaurants get hit really hard by that.

$50 for a burger and a couple of beers is ridiculous. People will stop eating out. But these high prices are generally not the owners trying to screw customers. They are reflective of extremely high rent and food costs. [/quote]

We’ve never, as a country, paid so little for our food. And as a result, it’s showing up in the garbage we put in ourselves. Animals are kept in horrific conditions, are food is pumped full of garbage hormones and chemicals.

Affordable priced food shows up in healthcare.

If people stop eating out, than the market will reflect that.

Rents are a problem, your Mom & Pop places cannot afford to subsidize. But 
again, it’s not just the pandemic and inflation. The prices you quotes have been hovering around those since at least 2017/2018. As someone else up thread said, one of the bigger problems is the homogenized choices we’ve been left with, with all the small business forced to closed bc the rising costs. [/quote]

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