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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The various Great American Restaurants were our go-to place before covid. We could get a high quality reasonably priced meal for our family.

I went to one last night for the first time before covid, and it was a bit of a letdown. They replaced many of the items in my goto meal with lower priced,  e.g. devilled eggs with hard-boiled, you have to pay for bread and things were out. And the price was 108 for two people without dessert, which we could pay for our family of 4 before. It was also super busy, so I felt like I was chasing down the waiter all the time for straws, a refill, wrong type of soda and felt like I was annoying.

I've been let down by dine-in restaurants since covid, especially with price, I don't find restaurants to be enjoyable anymore because I think it's too expensive. So I just take out from a fast-casual place or cook at home. I do this because I can avoid paying the tip on top of the already elevated price.

We did our taxes and made a combined 500k/year, and still feel like eating out is not worth it. We've always made this amount before covid so it's not like our income has increased proportionally to the costs around us.

Is anyone in the same boat, or should I get over the new norm of expensive and lower quality?[/quote]

I have heard this from a lot of people.  It's true, dining out has gotten more expensive and service has gotten worse, and if you feel like it's not worth it anymore for you, that's ok.

It's one of my favourite things to do so it's still worth it for me, even though I've had to lower my expectations a bit.[/quote]

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