[Mariner]

“Perhaps it was only an upper-class thing, and members of the lower classes simply couldn’t do it.”

A sit down restaurant today is out of reach for the majority in the US. At least if it has steak on the menu.

And I’m not talking about Fridays or Dennys.

Expect to spend at least $80 for two, without wine.

I once spent $250 at Mortons for two with wine. Of course it was a very good meal.

But it was one I could have replicated at home for about $100.

[Steely Tom]

A sit down restaurant today is out of reach for the majority in the US. At least if it has steak on the menu.

Oh yes, I agree. $80 for two would be for a restaurant just one click about Denny's, I think. There's a "nice" restaurant in a hoity-toity college town near me where its more like $120 for two.

[Steely Tom]

That should have read "one click above Denny's."