A local steak restaurant had to raise the price of a basic dinner from $22.00 to $32.00 in one shot. They apologized to the diners for the sharp increase explaining that they had no choice. We are small town where the customers are regulars which made it more difficult. Hopefully they will survive.
Great steak served there.
That’s way out of my price range. I just had a McDonald’s Crispy Chicken sandwich (not McChicken), medium fry and large drink for $6.10 on the app including sales tax.
And on top of that, I suspect a lot of the traffic that these restaurants depended on hasn’t come back, or at least doesn’t order as much.
I was in downtown Chicago this past week...the foot traffic on the street at midday was more like what I remembered from a holiday or day before a holiday. Most workforce-based restaurants that I saw were still closed or gone altogether. And of those venues that are open, from what I hear, the average tab is down something like 10-15% from before the shutdowns...people are sitting longer and buying less.