I guess paying $8.99 for a 6 oz rib eye steak is down right cheap comparing to the other steakhouses! (I lived with parents who grew up during the Depression)
My parents were also Depression babies and my Dad,particularly,made it a habit to live well below his means...a lesson that I've adopted in my own life.To me a $10 small steak at Outback,cooked medium-rare,is just fine for me.However I *did*,once,go to Ruth's Chris Steak House and the $30 sirloin I had there was absolutely heavenly.