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[quote=Anonymous][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]

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.[/quote]

You’re comparing specials night (which is not the normal price) to today’s standard price, and you get that’s not an apples to apples right?

I bet trivia/$10 burger night was on some otherwise super slow week day evening, they were trying to drum up business. [/quote]

You’re defending these massively inflated prices? I would say unbelievable, but nothing surprises me with you people anymore. Completely out of touch. 
-DP[/quote]

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