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this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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A Boring Dystopia
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Yep. People in these comments seem to be talking about prices from 10-20 years ago.
Even cheap junk places are expensive now.
Frankly the best deals these days are the super expensive places, because they haven't gone up as much. I can get a fancy dinner for $150 by myself, and 5-10 years ago it was $100. A lot of the cheaper options have more than doubled in cost, including fast food, dive bars, and other.
I went to a steak house last fall, paid $100 for a really nice steak and two sides, and two whiskeys for about $20 each. 5-10 years ago it as like $80 for that steak and the whiskey was 16 bucks.
the last dinner date i took a lady on was at not nice place and it cost me $150 for a couple of dinners, an app, and three drinks. had we done a bottle of wine, it would have been closer to $250.
Corporate chain restaurants like Denny's are 100% going to be more expensive and worse quality than anything local. I live in Austin, TX and have no issue at all finding amazing tacos for under $4 or sub sandwiches for under $8.
Where was that dinner date? $150 for two dinners, an appetizer, and drinks plus tax and tip at a fancy restaurant doesn't seem that bad to me.
Don't get me wrong, prices have absolutely gone up, my point though is there are lots of options for dates (where I live) that aren't going to cost you anywhere near $200