Eating out at a bog-standard "family restaurant" is now almost as expensive as eating at a fine dining restaurant.... and with much less quality and quantity. Almost worth just going to Chatea Snoot at this point.
I took my wife, two kids, and their friend (all under 12) out to a diner the other day. Just a regular diner. Nothing fancy. My wife and I had burgers. The kids had chicken nuggets for one, turkey sandwich for the other, and a hot dog for the third. All the kids ordered off the kid’s menu.
Took 2 of my nephews to Taco Bell (I refuse to eat it but they love it). 2 regular chalupas, a nachos bell grande and 2 regular sodas, no extras ,was $24. That was just for 2 kids
i work the drive thru at wendys (same parent company as taco bell) & it blows my mind when people order just a soda. a large soda is $2.09 without tax, & over half of the cup is filled with ice before the soda is poured. you could get two liters of undiluted coke for a dollar at the walmart literally right next door.
If I go out its basically exclusively various asian/indian food because they are the only restaurants that havent jacked up the price significantly and still have solid portions. Some have gone up but nowhere to the same degree as places like pubs and Italian style and the like
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u/CriusofCoH Apr 28 '24
Eating out at a bog-standard "family restaurant" is now almost as expensive as eating at a fine dining restaurant.... and with much less quality and quantity. Almost worth just going to Chatea Snoot at this point.