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> tough for me to stomach a $100+ per person bill at even a reasonable (i.e. not super fancy) restaurant food has gotten more expensive but it's not that expen

by verall 3y ago

> tough for me to stomach a $100+ per person bill at even a reasonable (i.e. not super fancy) restaurant food has gotten more expensive but it's not that expensive. $25 entrees is unaffordable for most people, how are you getting to $100/head at reasonable restaurants? Does everyone order the ribeye?

dinkumthinkum 3y ago
$100 a person at reasonable restaurants? lol. I guess one way to win arguments is to just make things up. Send links to the online menus please.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  It's not hard at all. Obviously things are very location dependent, but here is what I would call a "nice but not fancy" restaurant in downtown Austin, TX: https://www.tavernabylombardi.com/austin-downtown-menu#menu=new-menu https://www.tavernabylombardi.com/austin-downtown-menu#menu=.... First, note that "100+ per person" really means the total comes to 75-80 per person before tax and tip. It's not hard to hit that with a glass of 1 alcoholic beverage, some shared appetizers, a main course, and a shared dessert. To emphasize, there are obviously cheaper restaurants, and given how much it costs to live in Austin, I'm not bemoaning their prices. I'm just saying that pre-pandemic I would have thought of a $100+ meal in Austin as "very fancy, special occasion" place, and now it's easy to hit that at tons of places in Austin. I used to eat out a lot more at places like the above when it was ~$60 pre-pandemic, but it's not worth it to me at $100+.
  - silverquiet 3y ago
    I’d recommend Ramen Tatsu-ya. I didn’t get by all that much during the pandemic, so I was shocked when I did finally return and a bowl was still like $12. I’ll take that over McDonald’s every time.
    - hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
      Oooh, thanks, great recommendation. I love Ramen Tatsu-ya but haven't been in a while. Just taking a look at their menu online and I'm also pretty shocked how comparatively low their prices are. Like their Hibi-Gibi Punch with Sake is $6. I can hardly remember the time I paid less than $10 for any alcoholic drink besides beer.
    - verall 3y ago
      tatsuya is old news, their tonkatsu broth is too thick IMO. Lot's of new ramen places to check out - Sazan (different style, really good, reasonable $), marufuku (overpriced but better than tatsuya), ichiumi (quite good and reasonable $)
  - maxerickson 3y ago
    What impact do you expect laxer child labor laws to have on a restaurant like that?
  - verall 3y ago
    You can get really fancy food for ~$100/person in austin like barley swine or Uroko. You can get fantastic tacos for less than $3 each. The market gives you the opportunity to overpay if you want to, though. It's not a representative example.
    - hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
      Yes, of course, I never said it was. Point being that I wouldn't consider Taverna to be on the level of Barley Swine or Uroko, yet it's easy to spend a hundred bucks there, while pre-pandemic it would have been more like $60.
      - verall 3y ago
        Ok, I see what you're getting at. I think downtown is alot worse about this than anywhere else in atx

by verall 3y ago

dinkumthinkum 3y ago

$100 a person at reasonable restaurants? lol. I guess one way to win arguments is to just make things up. Send links to the online menus please.

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
It's not hard at all. Obviously things are very location dependent, but here is what I would call a "nice but not fancy" restaurant in downtown Austin, TX: https://www.tavernabylombardi.com/austin-downtown-menu#menu=new-menu https://www.tavernabylombardi.com/austin-downtown-menu#menu=.... First, note that "100+ per person" really means the total comes to 75-80 per person before tax and tip. It's not hard to hit that with a glass of 1 alcoholic beverage, some shared appetizers, a main course, and a shared dessert. To emphasize, there are obviously cheaper restaurants, and given how much it costs to live in Austin, I'm not bemoaning their prices. I'm just saying that pre-pandemic I would have thought of a $100+ meal in Austin as "very fancy, special occasion" place, and now it's easy to hit that at tons of places in Austin. I used to eat out a lot more at places like the above when it was ~$60 pre-pandemic, but it's not worth it to me at $100+.
- silverquiet 3y ago
  I’d recommend Ramen Tatsu-ya. I didn’t get by all that much during the pandemic, so I was shocked when I did finally return and a bowl was still like $12. I’ll take that over McDonald’s every time.
  - hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
    Oooh, thanks, great recommendation. I love Ramen Tatsu-ya but haven't been in a while. Just taking a look at their menu online and I'm also pretty shocked how comparatively low their prices are. Like their Hibi-Gibi Punch with Sake is $6. I can hardly remember the time I paid less than $10 for any alcoholic drink besides beer.
  - verall 3y ago
    tatsuya is old news, their tonkatsu broth is too thick IMO. Lot's of new ramen places to check out - Sazan (different style, really good, reasonable $), marufuku (overpriced but better than tatsuya), ichiumi (quite good and reasonable $)
- maxerickson 3y ago
  What impact do you expect laxer child labor laws to have on a restaurant like that?
- verall 3y ago
  You can get really fancy food for ~$100/person in austin like barley swine or Uroko. You can get fantastic tacos for less than $3 each. The market gives you the opportunity to overpay if you want to, though. It's not a representative example.
  - hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
    Yes, of course, I never said it was. Point being that I wouldn't consider Taverna to be on the level of Barley Swine or Uroko, yet it's easy to spend a hundred bucks there, while pre-pandemic it would have been more like $60.
    - verall 3y ago
      Ok, I see what you're getting at. I think downtown is alot worse about this than anywhere else in atx