Winning any sort of “best local food” award almost always means the price jumps immediately.
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kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
After we were required to start working on office, I decided to explore the area for lunches for a while, trying new places. Found this little out of the way burger place with something like “2023 best burger in the city award winner” painted on their sign. “Sweet, ought to be a pretty good burger”, I thought. Sat down, checked out the menu, orders a burger that sounded good along with some fries and a water. Didn’t look at the price because, it’s a burger place. Even if it won an award a few years ago, how much could it cost? Turns out, 28 dollars and change after tax. The burger was good. It was not 28 dollars good. I haven’t been back since. I’ve heard similar stories from coworkers.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Not sure how one can care about the price if they don’t bother to read the price off the menu. Eating out regularly is stupid expensive regardless of fast food or proper sit down.
BOM isn’t the end of their costs and the rest will vary widely. You’re not just paying for a burger, but the service (wages) around it, the space and amenities averaged out including utils and rent, some profit likely for someone now quite removed from the business, etc… and you probably paid less of a margin% than a mcturd sandwich.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Most places around here are in the $10-20 range, particularly causal places like a burger joint. I can even get a giant sushi bowl for like 15 near my office. Tacos, chicken, thai, indian…
There is even an awesome healthy food place called Brassica (highly recommend if there is one near you) that I can get a massive sandwich at for under $10 without meat, $12 with chicken, up to $14 with slow cooked brisket. And it is filled to the brim with awesome tasting yet still healthy stuff made in house (housemade wood fired pita bread, mixed greens with a lemon dressing, hummus/baba ganouche, pickled veggies, roasted veggies, garlic/pepper/herb sauces, feta, etc). And even if Inget a big helping of Brisket, it come in under half the price of that burger and fries. There is no excuse for ground beef, a slice of cheese, some condiments and raw veggies on bun to be more than double that price. These places are 4 minutes from each other.
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Nothing really contradicts what I said… And as for the excuse? You paid for it. Was the restaurant empty? Sounds like it’s working.
I’m not fanning the $24 burger, but the cost of ingredients is only the starting point. Doesn’t just apply to burgers either… Look at apple products, beers, cars… Again… Sounds like it’s working.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s not working for me. I won’t be returning.