Posted on 12/08/2013 9:57:30 AM PST by Kip Russell
I've eaten at dozens of places more expensive, but Cracker Barrel is my day in and day out favorite.
The most expensive place I ate was US Army mess hall.
That’s because they saw you coming, and slipped you the menu that adds 100 bucks to everything on the list.
Aren't they just things of beauty? We need chefs in Congress.
These listed prices likely include several pricey bottles of wine.
. . . and somebody else paid the bill for the French Laundry and one of the two trips to Per Se.
I’ve eaten in some of the finest restaurants in many countries, but I couldn’t begin to say which one was “most expensive.” I just don’t think in those terms. I’d have to say my favorite of all, and the one I most look forward to returning to, is Grammercy Tavern in NYC.
Those prices are nothing compared to the blue plats specials that cost $10K a plate and up at Democratic fundraisers...
These make Morton’s look like a bargain.
Disney left me oddly disappointed, almost depressing, either one, World or Land, east coast or west coast. I can’t suspend disbelief enough, I guess. It’s all artificial, no matter how hard they’re trying or how impressive the effort. Vegas affects me the same way, fake, Disney with booze and hookers.
Any of these places serve both grits and banana pudding? Country Cookin’ does....
The original one in a cellar on State St. in Chicago is worth a trip, or was last I was there a decade or so ago.
Waffle House is pretty good but for real upscale dining go to Cracker Barrel.
Mory’s in New Haven. You can’t get in unless you buy the edumacashun.
Anyway, the meal cost us close to $600 (before tip), mostly due to the two bottles of wine we ordered, one of them being a Dom Perignon and the other an excellent bottle of Chianti. Never did anything like that before or since but since I don't often have a wallet stuffed with $100 bills, I figured we'd do something a little different before blowing the rest of it on the blackjack tables.
Must say the meal was excellent all around but not necessarily better than other "expensive" meals we've had at places like Capital Grille, Peter Luger's Steakhouse and Legal Seafoods. There are definitely diminishing returns once you get to the $50/entree price point.
BTW, didn't do too badly at the blackjack tables either - for first and only time, I played blackjack with $100 chips and held my own for the most part. We managed to take about half our winnings home with us that trip.
One of the main reasons for their existence is bragging rights for their customers, vide this very thread.
The old Morels restaurant in Banner Elk North Carolina probably my biggest ticket.....an area in Northwest corner mountains where all the Florida Jews went in summer to homes at Linville Ridge or Elk River
Very very good and around 150/person
Dean...the owner ...has a Disney restaurant built around him now in Orlando I hear but he’s in Andros a lot too
Lutece in NYC back in my day was high.....Cote Basque and Cafe des Artistes too
All long gone now
As a boy in the 60s.....Ports o Call on top of Southland Life bldg in Dallas was our big thing
Or Galatoires in New Orleans
Or that Russian named joint in Atlanta.....Romanoffs I think?
Just about every restaurant in Disney World is priced 50% to 100% higher than comparable restaurants elsewhere.
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