Comments on: Dining Out Disaster http://www.tomatilla.com/2007/09/dining-out-disaster.html Cooking, Life, Books and Words -- sometimes with recipes. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:39:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Julie http://www.tomatilla.com/2007/09/dining-out-disaster.html/comment-page-1#comment-600 Julie Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.tomatilla.com/?p=432#comment-600 This is a VERY interesting post, Owen. I've also been finding your observation to be truer and truer, both in NYC and in other cities. On a recent trip to Quebec, all of our favorite meals were at "downscale" joints. And in NY, although we have some tried-and-tested high end restaurants (Danny Meyer's establishments come to mind -- they are consistently wonderful, and worth the price) but far too often, we find ourselves feeling ripped off. <br/><br/>Recent budget constraints mean that we don't dine out much anymore, but I don't feel very deprived, since I'm fed up with experiences like our summer visit to a famed restaurant in Nantucket, where we paid almost $100 a person for a meal that I could have cooked much better myself -- not to mention infinitely more cheaply. This is a VERY interesting post, Owen. I’ve also been finding your observation to be truer and truer, both in NYC and in other cities. On a recent trip to Quebec, all of our favorite meals were at “downscale” joints. And in NY, although we have some tried-and-tested high end restaurants (Danny Meyer’s establishments come to mind — they are consistently wonderful, and worth the price) but far too often, we find ourselves feeling ripped off.

Recent budget constraints mean that we don’t dine out much anymore, but I don’t feel very deprived, since I’m fed up with experiences like our summer visit to a famed restaurant in Nantucket, where we paid almost $100 a person for a meal that I could have cooked much better myself — not to mention infinitely more cheaply.

]]> By: Mrs. Anderson http://www.tomatilla.com/2007/09/dining-out-disaster.html/comment-page-1#comment-599 Mrs. Anderson Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:51:00 +0000 http://www.tomatilla.com/?p=432#comment-599 You're not alone on this. There is one fancy restaurant here in Portland that I am consistently pleased with, but the rest are charging way too much for very pedestrian food. I'd rather just hit the Vietnamese joint for a $6 bowl of pho that's big enough to bathe a baby.<br/><br/>It's funny, but I actually consider it a negative when I try something at a restaurant that I know I could do myself. You’re not alone on this. There is one fancy restaurant here in Portland that I am consistently pleased with, but the rest are charging way too much for very pedestrian food. I’d rather just hit the Vietnamese joint for a $6 bowl of pho that’s big enough to bathe a baby.

It’s funny, but I actually consider it a negative when I try something at a restaurant that I know I could do myself.

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