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eskarina
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response 400 of 411:
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Jun 21 21:33 UTC 2002 |
Now WHY in the world would someone pay that much for food?
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janc
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response 401 of 411:
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Jun 21 22:01 UTC 2002 |
Well, because it is really good food? I'm not sure it is 10 times
better than a $150 dinner, but the very expensive dinners I've eaten
have also been very good. I do not leave such places thinking I could
cook a better dinner at home.
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janc
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response 402 of 411:
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Jun 21 22:02 UTC 2002 |
OOps, I meant 10 times better than a $15 dinner....
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jmsaul
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response 403 of 411:
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Jun 21 23:29 UTC 2002 |
What Jan said. I've spent more than that before on dinner for two. Not
often, but I've never felt ripped off when I've done it.
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ric
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response 404 of 411:
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Jun 22 01:05 UTC 2002 |
Adrienne and I have eaten at a couple of "expensive" steak houses down here
in Raleigh. My favorite is "The Angus Barn" (www.angusbarn.com). We've been
there twice, loved it both times, and both times spent about $90 total.
The most expensive place I've eaten is Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
(www.ruthschris.com). We spent about $120 there, and I was *FAR* less
impressed by the food and atmosphere. I felt ripped off, basically.
Ruths Chris is a chain.
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i
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response 405 of 411:
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Jun 22 01:50 UTC 2002 |
Escoffier has an ad in the current Observer, pushing their get-you-in-the-
door $35 Chef's Daily Special. I understand them to be the most expensive
place in town, but i have doubts about going to a French restaurant for
steak even if you'd just won the Lotto.
Movable Feast is now Daniel's on Liberty, reviewed on the facing page in
the Observer. The reviewer really liked it, but it sounds like much more
fancy cooking than "I want a really good steak". Main course dishes run
$26 to $34.
(I don't expect that I'll ever eat at such places.)
If i wanted a "really good steak", i'd go to Knight's. I don't think the
prices on their beef dinners get much over $20. No one's paying for cool
new decor, trendy location, marketing, or safistacated fancy cookin' there.
The out-the-door price at any of these places will go through the roof if
you freely indulge in extra courses of food and all the good things that
they can bring you to drink. Let me suggest Charlie's Country Squire if
you're weak that way.
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response 406 of 411:
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Jun 22 07:36 UTC 2002 |
The most expensive meal I've eaten was about four hundred dollars per
person. Not including airfare and hotel.
It was a kaiseki meal; a special, traditional Japanese meal composed of
about 14 courses of absolutely gorgeously prepared and presented foods.
I highly recommend the experience. The cost was so high in part because
of the exchange rate in Japan in 1988. I've found that the experience
can be had at a nicer Japanese restaurant in Bangkok for only about fifty
dollars per person.
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slynne
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response 407 of 411:
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Jun 24 14:41 UTC 2002 |
You've got me beat. I've never spent that much for a meal.
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katie
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response 408 of 411:
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Jun 25 03:43 UTC 2002 |
I am a steak lover. Believe it or not, Bill Knapps serves *excellent*
steak.
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mary
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response 409 of 411:
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Jun 25 10:53 UTC 2002 |
Katie, you're not old enough to eat at Bill Knapps.
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edina
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response 410 of 411:
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Jun 25 13:08 UTC 2002 |
Hey now - I was raised by my grandparents - I love bill knapps too.
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katie
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response 411 of 411:
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Jun 27 23:35 UTC 2002 |
I am, too, old! Will be even older on Monday!
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