re: Dining out is now absurdly expensive

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2 kids meals and 2 basic cheeseburger combos cost $41.

We usually get lunch out after church. About the only non-chain options are Mexican. The bill for the 4 of us to get sh!tty Mexican is now around $50 after tip


If you went to eat a sit down restaurant by yourself and got a full meal with entree, side, a non-water drink, and tipped and the total ended up being $10-$12 would you call that absurdly expensive?

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This. Prices are up but I feel like the OP is a bit of a tightwad.

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If you went to eat a sit down restaurant by yourself and got a full meal with entree, side, a non-water drink, and tipped and the total ended up being $10-$12 would you call that absurdly expensive?

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Aren't too many places you can do this without eating the cheapest thing on the menu.

Taking out the extreme high and low priced items, 10-12 bucks for a meal has already been the average price for a while, and that's drinking water, not necessarily including the tip.