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Ref 3: 1. Prices in USD 2. Quotes Philly Mag. (Philladelphia?) 3. Mentions how generous tipping is required to help servers survive Yeah, of course one woul

Ref 3: 1. Prices in USD 2. Quotes Philly Mag. (Philladelphia?) 3. Mentions how generous tipping is required to help servers survive Yeah, of course one would assume it’s about US. I’m honestly very surprised if it isn’t.

mprovost 7y ago
Canada also uses (their own) dollars. (As do Australia and NZ among others.)
- lowdose 6y ago
  Some people use this knowledge to weasel out of bets.
acjacobson 7y ago
Prices are in Canadian dollars, but I didn't know this until I looked up the restaurant. $11 felt kinda high for a döner, even a really good one. But that works out to ~7€ which is a little high for Germany, but not that much higher.
- mtrower 6y ago
  That definitely explains a lot; I thought $10/lb for the type of meat they were describing was kind of crazy (for someone complaining about margins, anyway). ~$6.30 USD/lb feels far more sane.
- belorn 6y ago
  Location location location. The restaurant is in the middle of the main shopping street in the middle of the city, on a street called "bank", in the part called center town. We can make an educated guess that the rent is not exactly going to be cheap. The article reads very different when the location is known. Tourism is significant effected. City shopping is significant effected. People who work in expensive offices is exactly those that often have the option to work at home. All the talk about margins feel like distraction of the fact that restaurants at central shopping streets are going to suffer. It is thus questionable if the article has anything to say about the industry as a whole.
- spacechild1 6y ago
  Here in Austria, a Döner is usually 2.50-3.50€. I would be surprised if it were more expensive in Germany (expect for tourist traps)
cowsandmilk 7y ago
It is in Ottawa, Ontario. In reality, the things people claim are US only often are true in Canada as well.

mprovost 7y ago

Canada also uses (their own) dollars. (As do Australia and NZ among others.)

lowdose 6y ago
Some people use this knowledge to weasel out of bets.

acjacobson 7y ago

Prices are in Canadian dollars, but I didn't know this until I looked up the restaurant. $11 felt kinda high for a döner, even a really good one. But that works out to ~7€ which is a little high for Germany, but not that much higher.

mtrower 6y ago
That definitely explains a lot; I thought $10/lb for the type of meat they were describing was kind of crazy (for someone complaining about margins, anyway). ~$6.30 USD/lb feels far more sane.
belorn 6y ago
Location location location. The restaurant is in the middle of the main shopping street in the middle of the city, on a street called "bank", in the part called center town. We can make an educated guess that the rent is not exactly going to be cheap. The article reads very different when the location is known. Tourism is significant effected. City shopping is significant effected. People who work in expensive offices is exactly those that often have the option to work at home. All the talk about margins feel like distraction of the fact that restaurants at central shopping streets are going to suffer. It is thus questionable if the article has anything to say about the industry as a whole.
spacechild1 6y ago
Here in Austria, a Döner is usually 2.50-3.50€. I would be surprised if it were more expensive in Germany (expect for tourist traps)

cowsandmilk 7y ago

It is in Ottawa, Ontario. In reality, the things people claim are US only often are true in Canada as well.