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I mentioned in the austerity thread that eating out seems to be a poor experience lately. Thought I'd part out this piece of the discussion.
We've noticed a couple of things in eating out lately. Prices are up ~20%. Food quality seems to have been lowered...gristly, fatty meat, stuff being removed from the plate or being charged extra for. I noticed some of the fast food joints took the drink machines back behind the counter so you cant get free refills.
We just ate out at an old mexican joint thats been around for 30 years, always decent food and cheap. First thing we noticed is that we got new menus with the prices raised 20%, and we didnt recognize any of the waitresses.
I ordered a combo plate and asked for crispy tacos. The waitress seemed confused and repeated it back to me while writing it down and then asked "Did you want us to cook them longer, is that what you mean by 'crispy'?"
Uh, yeah...you work in a mexican restaurant and dont know what a crispy taco is... :
Food stank. Awful. I had a shredded beef and shredded chicken taco, and neither had any seasoning at all. Tasted like boiled meat in a taco shell. My chili relleno was flat and had a cup of oil soaked into it. The rice and beans were dry and had no flavor at all.
Pretty much the experience we've had 8 out of the last 9 times we've eaten out. The only good meal we had was at one of the local vietnamese places.
Anyone else notice the 'cost cutting' at their local food places?
The good news is that this is making it easy to skip the expense of eating out....
In a similar vein, I've noticed that most of the people working in the grocery stores and at Costco dont look familiar anymore either. I wonder if they're cutting the expensive employees and hiring in cheaper new people.
We've noticed a couple of things in eating out lately. Prices are up ~20%. Food quality seems to have been lowered...gristly, fatty meat, stuff being removed from the plate or being charged extra for. I noticed some of the fast food joints took the drink machines back behind the counter so you cant get free refills.
We just ate out at an old mexican joint thats been around for 30 years, always decent food and cheap. First thing we noticed is that we got new menus with the prices raised 20%, and we didnt recognize any of the waitresses.
I ordered a combo plate and asked for crispy tacos. The waitress seemed confused and repeated it back to me while writing it down and then asked "Did you want us to cook them longer, is that what you mean by 'crispy'?"
Uh, yeah...you work in a mexican restaurant and dont know what a crispy taco is... :
Food stank. Awful. I had a shredded beef and shredded chicken taco, and neither had any seasoning at all. Tasted like boiled meat in a taco shell. My chili relleno was flat and had a cup of oil soaked into it. The rice and beans were dry and had no flavor at all.
Pretty much the experience we've had 8 out of the last 9 times we've eaten out. The only good meal we had was at one of the local vietnamese places.
Anyone else notice the 'cost cutting' at their local food places?
The good news is that this is making it easy to skip the expense of eating out....
In a similar vein, I've noticed that most of the people working in the grocery stores and at Costco dont look familiar anymore either. I wonder if they're cutting the expensive employees and hiring in cheaper new people.