r/AskReddit • • 9h ago

What restaurant chain fell off the hardest?

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u/Kilorn 9h ago

All of them. I rarely ever eat out anymore and think "wow, that was really worth the cost."

Olive Garden for 2 people and a 14 month old without ordering any wine was 89.44 last week... wtf??

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u/cerareece 9h ago

honestly the only places that feel worth it nowadays are the Mexican places where you can get a packed burrito or tostadas with sides for like 10-12$. everything else just leaves me feeling broker and like crap

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u/Kiyohara 8h ago

Yeah, my local Taqueria I can get a plate of five fully loaded tacos (like it's just heaping the meat) for $25 and that includes tip and drink and I always get the upcharged Lengua or Cabesa. If I stuck with the normal meat, it'd be like $20 with tip and drink.

And five of those babies leaves me stuffed.

They serve a nine dollar burrito that would make Chipotle hand it's head in shame.

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u/andyrew21345 8h ago

You have to have shame first. God chipotle fucking SUCKS now

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u/salter77 8h ago

Is that in the US?

It sounds like that because that would be actually rather in the expensive side here in Mexico (unless is some hipster taqueria in a fancy neighborhood in Mexico City).

Here I can get a meat monstrosity that could feed two regular folks for like 7USD in my local popular taqueria. “Tacos de cabeza” rarely go up more than 1USD per taco (but they are rather small). The most expensive tacos are the asada ones (those can be from 2-4USD per taco) and that because beef got crazy expensive lately.

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u/Kiyohara 7h ago

Yeah, Minnesota. It's the higher cost of living combined with high operations cost of running a restaurant.