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In Sydney, I've noticed the better places to eat are increasingly becoming the cheaper restaurants.

beat 10y ago
Minneapolis has an amazing food scene, driven by localvore ingredients (we're farm country) and hipster-casual "fine dining". It's a hard town for traditional fine-dining restaurants. The really good eating is split between the hipster places and southeast Asian ethnic restaurants. For $50/person, you can get a shockingly good meal here, and you can wear jeans and a t-shirt eating it.
- js2 10y ago
  For $50 I'd hope so! That's an expensive meal sans alcohol. I've had great meals at every price point, but above $25/person I'm expecting a good meal, above $50/person a great meal, and above $75-100 an exempelary meal.
  - PhasmaFelis 10y ago
    Yeah, when I think of great cheap local food, I'm thinking of e.g. this awesome Cajun place where you can get a big plate of amazing chicken etouffee, garlic bread, and a beer for around $10. I might go as far as "cheap for what you get" for a truly great $20/person place. $50/person may be delicious, but it's not "cheap" by any reasonable definition.
    - 2muchcoffeeman 10y ago
      Depends what you want out of food. I personally go to high end restaurants because I want to see what chefs are capable of doing with all the new techniques they invent, or come up with new combinations, or use familiar things in new ways. This sort of cooking is not easy or cheap work. So when restaurants are able to be inventive well under the $100 mark, then yes, it's cheap - unless you think labor should be free.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago
  I hope your comment was dictated and you meant $15 / person? $50 is ludicrously expensive.
  - dmoy 10y ago
    Especially for Minneapolis...
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- roel_v 10y ago
  In general, Europe is (much) more expensive than the US food-wise and I still can eat a four-course meal at a one Michelin star restaurant for less than $50 (without drinks) 10 mins by foot from my house (Netherlands - you won't get to wear t-shirt and jeans though). I'd certainly hope that $50 would get me exceptional food.

beat 10y ago

Minneapolis has an amazing food scene, driven by localvore ingredients (we're farm country) and hipster-casual "fine dining". It's a hard town for traditional fine-dining restaurants. The really good eating is split between the hipster places and southeast Asian ethnic restaurants. For $50/person, you can get a shockingly good meal here, and you can wear jeans and a t-shirt eating it.

js2 10y ago
For $50 I'd hope so! That's an expensive meal sans alcohol. I've had great meals at every price point, but above $25/person I'm expecting a good meal, above $50/person a great meal, and above $75-100 an exempelary meal.
- PhasmaFelis 10y ago
  Yeah, when I think of great cheap local food, I'm thinking of e.g. this awesome Cajun place where you can get a big plate of amazing chicken etouffee, garlic bread, and a beer for around $10. I might go as far as "cheap for what you get" for a truly great $20/person place. $50/person may be delicious, but it's not "cheap" by any reasonable definition.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 10y ago
    Depends what you want out of food. I personally go to high end restaurants because I want to see what chefs are capable of doing with all the new techniques they invent, or come up with new combinations, or use familiar things in new ways. This sort of cooking is not easy or cheap work. So when restaurants are able to be inventive well under the $100 mark, then yes, it's cheap - unless you think labor should be free.
thaumasiotes 10y ago
I hope your comment was dictated and you meant $15 / person? $50 is ludicrously expensive.
- dmoy 10y ago
  Especially for Minneapolis...
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roel_v 10y ago
In general, Europe is (much) more expensive than the US food-wise and I still can eat a four-course meal at a one Michelin star restaurant for less than $50 (without drinks) 10 mins by foot from my house (Netherlands - you won't get to wear t-shirt and jeans though). I'd certainly hope that $50 would get me exceptional food.