Restaurant prices...

[ancjr]

Why (how) would prices go back?

Deflation. It'd be the end of the US economy. Or something like that.

 

[Ingomike]

If the prices are gradually going back to pre-covid days, will menu prices go down?

What prices are going back?

 

[Ziggidy]

What prices are going back?

Did I actually write that? LOL……my glasses must have slipped or I had a moment.

 

[snorko]

I was pleasantly surprised by Red Lobster last night. Two adults & one child. 1 beer, 2 teas, Cajun chicken pasta, flounder platter and a popcorn shrimp kid's meal. Added 1 salad and 1 dessert. Very good food, good portions, good service, total was just under $60.00 with tax

 

[bwframe]

I was pleasantly surprised by Red Lobster last night. Two adults & one child. 1 beer, 2 teas, Cajun chicken pasta, flounder platter and a popcorn shrimp kid's meal. Added 1 salad and 1 dessert. Very good food, good portions, good service, total was just under $60.00 with tax

What time did you go and how busy was it snorko?

 

[snorko]

What time did you go and how busy was it snorko?

Sunday night at 6:15ish. Normally the restaurant is packed as it is the only RL in town. However the crowd was very light which may explain a lot.

 

[Cameramonkey]

If we order a pizza for delivery, it's usually a large 16" one topping pizza and it's $32 bucks. Needless to say we maybe only do it once a month.

Make sure you order online. Lots of online deals that are MUCH better than calling.
Case in point. Wife and I regularly order Papa Johns online for carryout and get out for under $25 for 2 medium 1 topping pizzas AND breadsticks using an online special.

I made the mistake of calling them one day* to feed my Church trustees after a work session. It was like $40 for 1 large 2 topping pizza and a 2 liter.


*wife was busy and couldnt log into our account to put in the order

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Make sure you order online. Lots of online deals that are MUCH better than calling.
Case in point. Wife and I regularly order Papa Johns online for carryout and get out for under $25 for 2 medium 1 topping pizzas AND breadsticks using an online special.

I made the mistake of calling them one day* to feed my Church trustees after a work session. It was like $40 for 1 large 2 topping pizza and a 2 liter.


*wife was busy and couldnt log into our account to put in the order

The "one topping" specials always bum me out. I mean who only gets one topping on their pizza (besides you I guess )??

 

[cg21]

We don’t go out often……… but when we do my wallet thanks me for being able to cook & hunt. I notice food prices most when we go on a trip and are “forced” to dine out. (Even though I still pack food just not every meal) One of my favorite things is trying new food at new places so I hate that i have to bring food with in order to make trips financially attainable. But I do it because one of my other favorite things is seeing new places.

 

[KG1]

The "one topping" specials always bum me out. I mean who only gets one topping on their pizza (besides you I guess )??

Becuz only one topping pizza's are good cold the next morning.

 

[ditcherman]

Didn’t see this yet but wanted to post a couple of the Big Universal Truths;

McDonald’s is disgusting,

and the cure for high prices, is high prices.

Prices will come down.
It might look like/feel like the end of the world, but whatever. They will come down.

 

[1nderbeard]

Learn to cook. You'll live longer and save money.

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

Becuz only one topping pizza's are good cold the next morning.

Buddy, I have no idea who you are, but you could not be more wronger even if you tried

 

[KG1]

Buddy, I have no idea who you are, but you could not be more wronger even if you tried

Oh so you like more than one topping on cold pizza..

 

[littletommy]

Oh so you like more than one topping on cold pizza..

Pizza king sausage mushroom and pepperoni is ONLY the greatest breakfast ever invented!

 

[ancjr]

Pizza king sausage mushroom and pepperoni is ONLY the greatest breakfast ever invented!

I miss the heyday of Arni's Floyd Knobs, but Pizza King does come in a very close second.

 

[Leo]

I just got back from Surf City, NC. $5/ scoop for ice cream. $46 for two fish tacos, fries and water. $10 for a bag of 6 bagels at the publix grocery, $10 for the no name pack of 24 bottle water, $15 for the name brand. I chalked it up to a vacation island price. Even in Tennessee we paid $23 plus tax for two burgers with fries and two iced tea drinks.

By the time I paid for meals, the price of gas for 1600 miles seemed reasonable.

Bragging note** The old Grand Marquis got over 25mpg for the whole smooth, quiet, comfortable trip. I have had 4 of them and they are the only car I ever owned that gets more mpg than the EPA sticker. The odometer is within a few tenths when compared to highway distance markers, so it is accurate mpg. Of course you cannot buy them any more. How many of those electric cars would let me roll 800 miles a day? How many of them could have hauled what we took there and back? I like living like it is 1972

 

[KG1]

I just got back from Surf City, NC. $5/ scoop for ice cream. $46 for two fish tacos, fries and water. $10 for a bag of 6 bagels at the publix grocery, $10 for the no name pack of 24 bottle water, $15 for the name brand. I chalked it up to a vacation island price. Even in Tennessee we paid $23 plus tax for two burgers with fries and two iced tea drinks.

By the time I paid for meals, the price of gas for 1600 miles seemed reasonable.

Bragging note** The old Grand Marquis got over 25mpg for the whole smooth, quiet, comfortable trip. I have had 4 of them and they are the only car I ever owned that gets more mpg than the EPA sticker. The odometer is within a few tenths when compared to highway distance markers, so it is accurate mpg. Of course you cannot buy them any more. How many of those electric cars would let me roll 800 miles a day? How many of them could have hauled what we took there and back? I like living like it is 1972

+1 for the Grand Marquis. I had one years ago.

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

Oh so you like more than one topping on cold pizza..

Slaughterhouse Five from Jockamos, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[bwframe]

My family of 4 went to Outback Steakhouse for the first time, and our $165 meal at the chain felt like an amazing deal

We tried Outback Steakhouse for the first time. My family agreed the chain had good food and drinks and was great value— we'll be back.

www.insider.com

Touting that $165 bucks for two adults and two kids is a good deal?

Article didn't bother to mention the tip, which brings the bill to just under $200 for the small family.