The Crack Shack 5 piece fried chicken $17 !!! (paid, ice cream, time)

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by Losfrisco

If you're going to spend $$ on chicken, go to Streetcar in North Park. Nothing wrong with Crack Shack, eaten there many times, it just reminds me a bit of Lucha Libre-big hype over pretty basic food.

I'd never heard of Crack Shack until it was mentioned in these forums maybe a year ago. I looked at the menu and the Mexican Poutine for $10 doesn't sound bad, have you ever tried it?

[Axxlrod]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

You said this:

I think you got it backwards -Your theory seems to be that raising the minimum wage makes "everything more expensive" while I think that wage increases are a reaction, and a delayed one at that, to increases in prices.

Nope. You've got it backwards.

When overhead costs go up, prices have to rise to cover the increase.

There aren't any options for businesses to get around the increase when it's forced on them by the govt..

[newgensandiego]

Originally Posted by Mike930

We used to go to extraordinary desserts for slices of cake years ago. I stopped by recently and the slices looked smaller and were $11-$13. That’s ridiculous.

They've been that price for at least 10 years...

[Mike930]

Originally Posted by newgensandiego

They've been that price for at least 10 years...

I used to go about 5 years ago and they were something like $9. We used to buy whole cakes now and then for special occasions. They were $52 back then. Now the same cake is $80.

I can’t imagine paying that much for cake. I guess to each their own.

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

I'd never heard of Crack Shack until it was mentioned in these forums maybe a year ago. I looked at the menu and the Mexican Poutine for $10 doesn't sound bad, have you ever tried it?

I have had it, and it's really good! I've also had a take on seafood poutine at Supernatural Sandwiches right across the street. They do it for Happy Hour, it's only like $7, and it's amazing. The fries are smothered in a ladle of scallop chowder, bacon, green onions, cheese curds (I think they were curds), and it was delicious. I don't eat some of those things anymore, but it really was darn good!

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

I'd never heard of Crack Shack until it was mentioned in these forums maybe a year ago. I looked at the menu and the Mexican Poutine for $10 doesn't sound bad, have you ever tried it?

I have to concur with Axxlrod on this one -- I know restaurateurs, and their profit margins are so slim that even at high prices, they're barely making it. People seem to think they rake it in, but the only real profit margin is on alcohol. The food and service are pretty much breakeven.

Tough business, and anything of quality and independently owned is going to have high prices.

[Losfrisco]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

I'd never heard of Crack Shack until it was mentioned in these forums maybe a year ago. I looked at the menu and the Mexican Poutine for $10 doesn't sound bad, have you ever tried it?

I believe that is a side dish there-I'm almost sure I have.

[c.t.j.]

bonchon on convoy will give you 8 chicken strips for $13, with a side of diced radish. but i must warn you - once you try their spicy, it will be very hard to eat regular fried chicken ever again.

[bloom]

Originally Posted by c.t.j.

bonchon on convoy will give you 8 chicken strips for $13, with a side of diced radish. but i must warn you - once you try their spicy, it will be very hard to eat regular fried chicken ever again.

Mediocre to good. I've had better

[newgensandiego]

Originally Posted by Mike930

I used to go about 5 years ago and they were something like $9. We used to buy whole cakes now and then for special occasions. They were $52 back then. Now the same cake is $80.

I can’t imagine paying that much for cake. I guess to each their own.

I looked at Yelp pics of the menu and the desserts were 12.95 in 2016 and 11.95 in 2014.

I don't remember the last time I paid under $10 for a slice of cake at Extraordinary Desserts, especially with tax and tip.