Dinner $186, plus tip..........
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Texas Star
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I think the best breakfast deal is IHOP's Rooty, Tooty, Fresh, and Fruity. It's a lot less than $23.50 and you can wear your gun, not something one can do in Canada.
A 3.5 pound steak is probably too much red meat, but I guess you can get a doggy bag.
I think the local Outback Steakhouse has pretty good meals for the money. Red Lobster can be good, but I always feel it's a little overpriced for what it is and the coffee is terrible. I always order iced tea there. And the service needs work. Most waitstaff seem a little dense, at best. Other locations can be better.
Someday, when I'm especially affluent, maybe I'll try one of those fine dining places. I just have a feeling that the $59.50 filet on the menu in the link above can't be that much better than the Victoria's Crown filet from Outback. On the other hand, the Outback is definitely a LOT better than Applebee's. Both serve beef, but what a difference!
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Just dropped $115.00 Friday night on dinner out for the wife and me at a very exclusive restaurant we had never been to before. It was a major milestone birthday for her and that was part of the weekend festivities. 
Truth is that I got out damn cheap. I had budgeted up to $200.00. 
In the end, she decided against the bottle of wine and was too full at the end for dessert. 
Was it worth it?
Absolutely!
Truth is that I got out damn cheap. I had budgeted up to $200.00. In the end, she decided against the bottle of wine and was too full at the end for dessert. Was it worth it?
Absolutely! 
boatme99
Member
In US restaurants, there are 4 grades of beef used.
Utility
Select
Choice
Prime
At best, chain restaurants like Outback and Longhorn will use Choice.
Most use Utility grade.
At Outback, all their meat is so highly seasoned, it wouldn't make much difference wether they used Select or Choice, although they do claim to use Choice.
You couldn't compare any chain restaurant with a true high end restaraunt or steakhouse. The quality of all the food, meat, vegetables, starches, even baked goods and desserts, should be on a higher level.
Utility
Select
Choice
Prime
At best, chain restaurants like Outback and Longhorn will use Choice.
Most use Utility grade.
At Outback, all their meat is so highly seasoned, it wouldn't make much difference wether they used Select or Choice, although they do claim to use Choice.
You couldn't compare any chain restaurant with a true high end restaraunt or steakhouse. The quality of all the food, meat, vegetables, starches, even baked goods and desserts, should be on a higher level.
You paid $186.00 + tip for that plate of puke?!!!Are you crazy?!!!
Miss Manners you're not.
Arik
Member
Some restaurants go as far as ageing their prime meat 6 months to a year. This is where price matters too.
Fish on a 5 star sushi house is not the same as in red lobster or in the frozen fish section of the store
Sorry-just don't love my wife that much. Girlfriend-maybe on a good day.
Hell man-that's enough for a new starting battery for the boat!!
How about the "new boss"?????
Cross reference Post #3 this thread...............
Sorry Caj; could not help myself....LOL
pluspea
Member
If they don't have a drive thru, I can't afford it.
Cooter Brown
Member
That was a perfect thing to do for the occasion!
Eating at a really fine restaurant is a wonderful experience--there's really no comparison to any other thing you can do. There's a huge difference in not only the food but the atmosphere, service, level of attention and just plain craftsmanship that goes into the entire operation. These are people who truly care about the quality of what they do, and that includes the entire staff. There's a recent thread about people these days not taking pride in their work--the folks who work in restaurants like this surely do. They're not just there because it's a way to make a buck.
I've been to a few wonderful places, and there are more I want to try. Frank Stitt's The Highland Bar and Grill is terrific and a place you should try if you're ever in Birmingham.
I really want to go to The French Laundry in California. I've got one of Thomas Keller's books--also one of Stitt's. Wonderful stuff.
Eating at a really fine restaurant is a wonderful experience--there's really no comparison to any other thing you can do. There's a huge difference in not only the food but the atmosphere, service, level of attention and just plain craftsmanship that goes into the entire operation. These are people who truly care about the quality of what they do, and that includes the entire staff. There's a recent thread about people these days not taking pride in their work--the folks who work in restaurants like this surely do. They're not just there because it's a way to make a buck.
I've been to a few wonderful places, and there are more I want to try. Frank Stitt's The Highland Bar and Grill is terrific and a place you should try if you're ever in Birmingham.
I really want to go to The French Laundry in California. I've got one of Thomas Keller's books--also one of Stitt's. Wonderful stuff.
To be correct the restaurants don't age it their supply houses do, and they charge accordingly.
Arik
Member
Correct. .......
jlrhiner
US Veteran
Wrong. The high end steak houses age their beef in-house. There is one in Chicago that has a room constructed out of bricks of salt. They age their beef up to 6 months in this room before serving.
edit to add; David Burke's Steakhouse. Dry aged for 40 days in a room built of salt blocks.
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williamlayton
Member
I thought, at first glance, he was talking about his dog---I thought that was a nice gesture---then I read and it was his wife.
A good woman is worthy of this treatment daily !
The Hen would bash me for spending so much on her .
She is worth it though.
Blessings
A good woman is worthy of this treatment daily !
The Hen would bash me for spending so much on her .
She is worth it though.
Blessings
Points, it's all about the points. And, putting a smile on her face.
Do you know how to tell an amateur in a BBQ joint? He's the guy in a white shirt.
Do you know how to tell an amateur in a BBQ joint? He's the guy in a white shirt.
January this year I took Mrs. Pawncop to Morton's steakhouse in Dallas for her birthday. The tab was just under $300.00. I had several glasses of wine and we purchased a Landry's card and we had it all, appetizer, steaks, sides, and dessert.
It was a little expensive but she is worth it.
Besides I love to splurge.
It was a little expensive but she is worth it.
Besides I love to splurge.
For our 50th wedding anniversary I took my wife to several dinners out as we floated up the Rhine river from Basel Switzerland to Amsterdam. Never had a bad one. When we got back I had a quiet gathering for her and I and 100 of our closest friends. (But that was just snacks cake and drinks on an afternoon).
Jezz.........Just 2 Ben's.
That used to be a bar tab.
That used to be a bar tab.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
It cost me $1,000 for dinner out for family and friends for my wife's 60th birthday party. My three kids wanted to pay but I insisted that dad covered it all. I'm frugal not cheap but we turn 60 only once. I can't take the money with me when I leave this earth. Plus she never says anything about my hobbies. Remember happy wife ==happy life.
Sorry-just don't love my wife that much. Girlfriend-maybe on a good day.
Hell man-that's enough for a new starting battery for the boat!!
Is Louisiana a community property state?
