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By the time I get fluffed up, drive 30-60 minutes one way, pay 100+ per person for appetizer/chain restaurant steak and a glass or two of house wine and have to listen to people argue, have untended children under foot and a waiter trying to get the next seating in - where is the enjoyment?
For a mediocre dinner out for two I can cook up a storm for four to six, no noise, no rush, some can walk home, others will spend the night. There is no bad table at our house only some chairs closer to the wine cooler))
Where the heck do you live that a chain restaurant costs 100 a person....even with wine? Your entire post is not reliable based only on that.
Where the heck do you live that a chain restaurant costs 100 a person....even with wine? Your entire post is not reliable based only on that.
Yeah, I generally dislike posts where people need to exaggerate their experiences to make appoint or because it seems clever or ??? (not sure why they do it actually)... "have untended children under foot and a waiter trying to get the next seating in" --- are also obviously exaggerations. But the first part of that is related to the main reason I posted for not eating out... because one peep or squirm out of my children and full grown adults (apparently with no focus, patience or attention span of their own... but at a much older age) turn around and glare. Who knows or cares if they go exaggerate about it online afterwards, but I don't need their glares, they don't need my kids' interruptions and it saves me a bunch of money and headache anyways... so win, win, win, I guess.
Yeah, I generally dislike posts where people need to exaggerate their experiences to make appoint or because it seems clever or ??? (not sure why they do it actually)... "have untended children under foot and a waiter trying to get the next seating in" --- are also obviously exaggerations. But the first part of that is related to the main reason I posted for not eating out... because one peep or squirm out of my children and full grown adults (apparently with no focus, patience or attention span of their own... but at a much older age) turn around and glare. Who knows or cares if they go exaggerate about it online afterwards, but I don't need their glares, they don't need my kids' interruptions and it saves me a bunch of money and headache anyways... so win, win, win, I guess.
Originally Posted by ScarletG
Where the heck do you live that a chain restaurant costs 100 a person....even with wine? Your entire post is not reliable based only on that.
Actually very simple to spend that much at these chains:
I wouldn't as I didn't care for either place. (distant visiting relative drags us to these place every visit. Sigh)
Yeah, it was the other exaggerations that I noticed, and then scarlet pointed out the price thing, which I would not have noticed if I wasn't already thinking about exaggerations. But I agree, even at lower end chains, it's not that hard to rack up a $100 bill, especially if you're not dining along (which goes back to my other reason for not dinging out anymore with kids)
Yeah, it was the other exaggerations that I noticed, and then scarlet pointed out the price thing, which I would not have noticed if I wasn't already thinking about exaggerations. But I agree, even at lower end chains, it's not that hard to rack up a $100 bill, especially if you're not dining along (which goes back to my other reason for not dinging out anymore with kids)
I think it's quite hard to spend 100 a person...which the that person stated...even at a Ruth Chris type chain.
Sure...a couple or group could....but it takes more tgan app, entree and house wine for one person.
Just ask for the caviar sampler and a bottle of 2008 Didier Dagueneau Silex (and that's not even the expensive stuff).
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