Two small salads and two small drinks came to 31.00 dollars.

Denise1952 said:
I have a few excuses for not going to restaurants but the main one is price. I really like to cook and eat my own food. Not that I'm some brilliant cook, just because I really didn't have a lot to pay for a restaurant meal. I never like anything I ever got in a restaurant enough to want to ever pay that much for it again. Now that Covid has shut down so many my heart goes out to those that have pretty decent prices, but are losing the battle to keep their businesses.

I'm with Aunt Bea. Like going to a Fair, or show, everything has gone up but my income hasn't ;) On the bright side, I have all I need, really blessed.
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I feel the same way as you, Denise.
 

Pinky said:
Even a couple of McDonald's meals can add up to around $25+
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The likes of Macca’s or hungry jacks has got very expensive ,I only know because if either of us needs to have our yearly fasting blood tests done we go to Adelaide to have them done ( our GP‘s are in Adelaide )

We will go into Macca’s after we get the tests done and we see the prices of burgers some are up around the $13- 14 + mark . ( good spotlessly clean Macca’s on Glen Osborne rd ) @Pinky
We have a treat of hot cakes as they call them ..I call them pancakes ,they cost us $4.50 each and that includes a coffee of our choice ( they give seniors a free coffee if you spend $4 )
So that’s our once or twice a year junk food.

We can go to a upmarket pub in Goodwood and have a Schnitzel for $20 with a nice salad
which we do once a month or so with Adelaide friends ,last time we were there a few day before Christmas we had a private room off the main dining / indoor garden area there was one other couple in there when we went in and they left we had the room to ourselves .
Every eating place ( and shops ) in the city and where I live has a QR ( tracing ) code you have to zap
when you enter the business .....as well as menus at eating places to zap using the QR code so you can read the menu on line or by zapping the code on the door .
 
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I really look at meals as a big pain in my day. I eat for fuel, not "holiday hour". I'm not saying anyone shouldn't like good food and be into super nice meals. It's just not one of my interests. It's one of my "have to do" things. When will that pill be ready, the one that you just pop and you're full and healthy, lol ;)

I almost forgot I so rarely go out, but we do have a Mexican Restaurant in Brookings that is absolutely the best! I make my own Mexican food, but it's no where near as good as this place. I don't even know the name because it's my gal-friends fave and I've only been twice. It's family owned and love the waitresses, really homey.
 
It is a conspiracy, we are now flooding Burger King with their two burgers for five bucks.
Kids like burger it could be a conspiracy to turn kids into burger addicts.

Ah so, also a sub-conspiracy to drive people to Chinese Restaurants: all you can eat for 8 bucks-perhaps Ci Ci's is also involved.
 
KenMill said:
This is a tough one for me because I put family experience above price of an object. Number one, if I'm your son, I'm paying for everything if it's out of our norm - just respect. Number two - try something out of your comfort zone. Who knows, you might actually like it. :)
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Oh I have!!! And I am most appreciative for the chance. He certainly doesn’t realize I don’t like it...or maybe he does. It’s kind of like I know he doesn’t like eating in our kind of diner restaurants, but he never says anything. Whatever floats your boat 🥰
Pepper said:
My son & DIL, before pandemic of course, would take me to middle range restaurants and the prices shocked me & I felt weird, but I shouldn't have. For an anniversary gift a few years ago, her parents gave them the tasting menu which cost...............(I'm going to be sick)...............$1,000.00. I really freaked over that, in my head my father was yelling.
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yikes!!!😱
 
Canadian here (in case you missed my user name). You say two small salads but I’m assuming they were mains and not sides since you didn’t list another main dish (?). Two main salads and two drinks especially alcoholic drinks would easily easily be over $30 here at any decent restaurant. We don’t eat out much here because I can’t stand crappy chain restaurant food, and the made from scratch places here who have an actual red seal chef are super expensive (but worth it imho). So we only eat out sparingly.
 
BlissfullyUnawareCanadian said:
Canadian here (in case you missed my user name). You say two small salads but I’m assuming they were mains and not sides since you didn’t list another main dish (?). Two main salads and two drinks especially alcoholic drinks would easily easily be over $30 here at any decent restaurant. We don’t eat out much here because I can’t stand crappy chain restaurant food, and the made from scratch places here who have an actual red seal chef are super expensive (but worth it imho). So we only eat out sparingly.
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Robert (the OP) mentioned that the drinks were diet Cokes.

Main salads or not, $30 for two small salads along with two diet Cokes is a rip-off.
 
Aunt Marg said:
And that's the problem, Kathleen, seems no matter how expensive eating out get's, seats are full, and a majority of those sitting in the seats are of the younger crowd/generation, so as log as people are willing to be ripped-off buy exorbitant prices, restaurants and fast-food places will keep on keeping on.

However, being old-school and all, I just simply cannot justify going out for lunch at say Boston Pizza, ordering a large pizza and dear husband ordering a beer or two, and the bill coming in at $70 after we're done giving a tip.

For $70 I can buy a nice roast with all the fixings, and put on a mouth-watering supper that will carry dear husband I through for 3 or 4 days.

Must come with our old-fashioned upbringing and the generation we grew up in as to why so many of us aren't interested to patronize the likes of.
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$70 for a pizza, couple of beers, tax and tip? Wow. I can make 20 pizzas for under $70.

That said, obviously restauranteering is an expensive undertaking. You're talking plenty of food waste, high building and staff overhead, and a slim profit margin.

During normal (non-pandemic) times, hubby & I meet with our son, his wife, and her parents monthly for dinner at moderately priced, non-chain restaurants.

The tab usually runs about $80 per couple. We typically each have a single alcoholic drink plus (non-bottled) water, split a couple of appetizers, each have an entree, and split a couple of desserts.

We enjoy a lovely couple of hours for which none of us has to menu plan, shop, clean, do the prep work, cook, serve, or face a sink full of dishes at the end of the evening.
Plus we all order exactly what we want to eat. Win, win, win, win, win, win.

On these threads I've made no secret of my love for throwing big parties. But dinner parties? No thanks. They've never floated my boat, whether at my house or someone else's. I'd much rather go to a restaurant.
 
StarSong said:
$70 for a pizza, couple of beers, tax and tip? Wow. I can make 20 pizzas for under $70.

That said, obviously restauranteering is an expensive undertaking. You're talking plenty of food waste, high building and staff overhead, and a slim profit margin.

During normal (non-pandemic) times, hubby & I meet with our son, his wife, and her parents monthly for dinner at moderately priced, non-chain restaurants.

The tab usually runs about $80 per couple. We typically each have a single alcoholic drink plus (non-bottled) water, split a couple of appetizers, each have an entree, and split a couple of desserts.

We enjoy a lovely couple of hours for which none of us has to menu plan, shop, clean, do the prep work, cook, serve, or face a sink full of dishes at the end of the evening.
Plus we all order exactly what we want to eat. Win, win, win, win, win, win.

On these threads I've made no secret of my love for throwing big parties. But dinner parties? No thanks. They've never floated my boat, whether at my house or someone else's. I'd much rather go to a restaurant.
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I totally hear what you're saying, Star.

For us it's just too expensive, and like Kathleen, mentioned, we too have cringed in the past and even bowed-out when invited out for dinner on certain occasions.

We simply cannot justify the expense.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Robert (the OP) mentioned that the drinks were diet Cokes.

Main salads or not, $30 for two small salads along with two diet Cokes is a rip-off.
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That’s why I said two drinks with salads especially alcoholic would be > $30.

That means even if they were not alcoholic, that meal would be over $30 here.

We do not go out often though because we like good food made from scratch and that is really expensive. Our bills are often >$300 for two.
 
BlissfullyUnawareCanadian said:
That’s why I said two drinks with salads especially alcoholic would be > $30.

That means even if they were not alcoholic, that meal would be over $30 here.

We do not go out often though because we like good food made from scratch and that is really expensive. Our bills are often >$300 for two.
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My goodness, there's no way we'd ever be able to afford that.

$300 would buy groceries for myself and my husband for 2-3 weeks.
 
BlissfullyUnawareCanadian said:
That’s why I said two drinks with salads especially alcoholic would be > $30.

That means even if they were not alcoholic, that meal would be over $30 here.

We do not go out often though because we like good food made from scratch and that is really expensive. Our bills are often >$300 for two.
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I have a question...Where the hell do you people eat?
 
BlissfullyUnawareCanadian said:
Neither can we. That’s why we rarely if everyone go out to eat. Most people think nothing of going out once a month and spending $30 or more. Not us. We would rather go out once every year or two and make it special.
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Boy-oh-boy, it would have to be very special, but even then I honestly don't think I could bring myself to spending anywhere near $300 on a night out.

We've always been laid-back and simple people, and if anything at all, for really special occasions, we've always gotten together as a large family and celebrated, but at the home of family, not in a restaurant.
 

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