Fuck you no single meal is worth $100
I've eaten some fancy places in my life. A place called "Steak 48" with a policy like this is not fancy, it is expensive but very tacky. This is like some American shit. This is a place for people who judge steaks primarily by weight. This is a place for people who think steaks are fancy, this is the 'fancy' option at an airport or stadium.
This is a disappointing night unless you are very stupid. This is what replaced your childhood pizza place when they demolished a block downtown to put up an indoor lifestyle center to accompany the luxury condos above. The condos are made of plastic and will warp and fade away into green fields, god willing. This steak restaurant will close because the owner was sexually abusive to the waitstaff
It's true tho lol like there is fancy restaurants which suck because they are super expensive BUT you eat something special that you can't eat everywhere and it can be cool as a ceremonial thing or whatever, and then there is this kind of shit which is nothing special, it's just expensive and a scam.
the bourgeois shit is amplified when it's literally just branding plus price, and not like, really good food that is also hard to make. there's still such a thing as a special occasion, this is kind of the opposite of that, just selling its own price as socially perceived value
I'm so working class I'm homeless lol. I still appriciate a good meal and there is definitely such a thing as real fanciness. Is it usually worth it? Probably not, you can eat out well for much cheaper most places, but its still a real thing, sorry that we live in a society
:im-vegan: but when I wasn't I still hated large thicc steak. You pretty much only could get it that way at shitty American chains but it was just bland and a lot of it
The staff are contractually obligated to throw raw carrots at you if you ask for the vegan options.
Any place like that that happens to have some decent vegan options does get some cred with me. Any vegan who is there in the first place probably really doesn't want to be and it's probably a work thing. Friends wouldn't make them go. At least they toss a none bone at what is most likely a shitty social obligation.
I'm a simple man and I love a big greasy steak from time to time but I would never pay that much for it. Steaks are not interesting, they are the safe choice, a comfort food. They're not hard to cook either. If I was in a position where I could spend that much on a meal, I would want something I didn't have the skill or imagination to cook at home.
$100 per person minimum
to ensure you enjoy the atmosphereno poors allowed, we ruin the vibe lol
I’ve never had worse vibes than being in a room of wealthy people
Wait till you head this hilarious story of a struggling tenant I'm making miserable!!
Ain't that the truth. Nothing has ever bored me quite like trying to listen to people talk about their membership to the most exclusive local country club, or how their guided vacation to London went. On top of that, half the time it is a game of one-upsmanship in terms of how snobby you can be
As someone that lives outside the imperial core, shit like this always shocks me. That's around 1/4 to 1/3 of what I live off per month lol. Obviously exchange rates and use value are very different, but still.
This is 1/4 to 1/3 what some people in the imperial core live on per month. I know bc I was doing that for some time :pain:
Yeah it's rough out there. Everyday I'm just glad that I have running water, electricity and food for the most part. And don't forget internet access so I can post on hexbear.net lol
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I think Greece is supposed to be part of the imperial core by now but yeah like even here it's pretty wild when I see people throw around there numbers. Although when it comes to restaurants in particular I'm kinda used to it because the country is a big amusement park for tourists so there is many crazy expensive restaurants.
Like I know that Americans don't have public services and higher cost of living etc but tbh it does kinda blow my mind when they talk about 15 dollars minimum wage or receiving thousands of USD in stimulus no strings attached while people here are struggling to find a job that pays 4 EU/hour lol
Although when it comes to restaurants in particular I’m kinda used to it because the country is a big amusement park for tourists so there is many crazy expensive restaurants.
Same with South Africa. The amount of expensive tourist stuff is absurd. If I speak a bit of Spanish/Italian/almost any foreign language and pretend not to understand English suddenly prices triple lol (obviously not at restaurants those are fixed, but there are plenty of expensive tourist places)
Hahaha I know exactly what you are talking about, it is the same thing here in expensive touristy islands.
The owner better eat my ass at the end of my meal for $100 min a dinner lol
Yeah I went to a comedy club that had a two drink minimum and I don't drink anymore so I ordered coca cola and they charged the same as if it was a cocktail or whatever lol
what is that at the bottom, an emoji of a blind person walking with a cane?!
gets a glass of water+free bread then leaves, giving the waiter a $100 tip
I wouldn't go so far as to say that no single meal is worth $100. I actually think farmers and restaurant workers both tend to be on the underpaid side, and I do think $100 or more would be fair for a meal that required a significant amount of labor, both in the restaurant and up the supply chain.
To address the inevitable follow up question of, in a more theoretical vein, whether we should expend that much labor on a single meal for a single person, I think the answer is yes, with a caveat. Everyone should get fed before we start spending resources on nice meals. But in a FALGSC society, I do think there's room special/nice things, particularly in moderation. Communism obviously doesn't mean no art or no special stuff. It just means everyone gets a few special things, rather than 5 people getting all the special things, all the time.
Finally, sorry for taking your meme and getting all serious. But what's more leftist than turning a lighthearted dunk into a diatribe about theory?
I've put you on the waiting list for a meal at Sisko's Creole Kitchen; if no one cancels, you should be having a very special meal in four months. If you want a preview now, I know some gastronomy hackers who have eaten at Sisko's and reverse-engineered his recipes for home replicator use, but you'll just have to accept that it's just not the same.
I've ways wondered how situations of gross negligence are handled in Trek. Like if a patron at Sisko's Dad's restaurant slipped on an oyster shell and died because Jake was too much of a jerk to clean up do they just let that shit slide?
No need for apology I live for this!
I absolutely agree, but I think $100 for most meals in today’s world that claim to be worth that are not given the main goal of profit over quality
Most of the best places I've ever eaten have been supper cheap. A six dollar bowl of noodles from an authentic place in china town is just as good (likely better) as a fancy place that caters to Americans and charges $22 a dish. A hole in the wall spot in the barrio has better food at a tenth the price of fancy spot in a white neighborhood. Fancy restaurants also suck cause they are frequently heavily meat based.
No food is better than street vendor skewers and those noodles in a takeaway container
I wish we had proper street food in my country. Street food here is either nasty processed slop where you wonder if the food is just a front for a money laundering scheme or it is gentrified hipster shit where the food is good and the place is decorated with salvaged bike parts but you have to pay USD 20 for a burger.
I really miss the street vendors almost every country I've been to has. The food trucks in America just aren't the same at all.
tfw no hole in the wall vegan places because vegan = piles of yuppie money to restaurant owners
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How about I pay you $1.50 and I get a nibble of steak and a quick sip of wine?
Just hide under the table and I’ll “accidentally” drop some into your waiting hands and then we can split the bill
Is this a restaurant or a crack house cause at those prices it better be a crack house
two of the staek options are under $50 ($46 and $49)
https://www.steak48.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Steak-48-Chicago-Dinner-05-20-21.pdf
the martinis are only $19!
https://www.steak48.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Steak-48-Chicago-Specialty-Cocktails-04-22-21.pdf
however, there is an 18% mandatory gratuity
To support our Front Line Service Staff impacted by the current conditions there is an 18% minimum gratuity added to all checks.
tbf the 22oz is the bone-in ribeye so it includes the weight of the bone
I bet it's the pre-cooked weight too! So you're paying that water bone money
The last place I worked we had an optional 18% mandatory gratuity on tables bigger than five, optional on our end, we'd only apply it to those we didn't think would tip.
This comes at an appropriate time because my parents have their 30 year anniversary and they wanted to go to a fancy restaurant, so here I am right now staring at 750 euro caviar in the menu lol
Although most of the dishes are about 25-40 euros. Still a lot but at least it won't bankrupt us lol
