Posted on 04/15/2023 10:36:25 AM PDT by lowbridge
A ham and cheese sandwich at Eli Zabar’s E.A.T. on the Upper East Side now costs $31.57 — $29 plus tax — and Gothamites are experiencing intense sticker shock over the cost of what was once a working-class staple.
It sparked outrage among eaters when a Reddit thread with a photo of the sandwich captioned “$29 Ham and Cheese sandwich” drew more than 600 comments and 2,000 upvotes on Monday.
“The first time I bought that sandwich I was like, ‘Are you serious?’ ” an Upper East Side psychologist who lives in the neighborhood told The Post, declining to give her name.
“It’s not the best ham and cheese sandwich, it’s not the worst, but it’s just fine. I absolutely would not have picked up the sandwich had I looked at the price,” she added.
The luxury lunch item is actually two sandwiches made from ham, Gruyère cheese, mustard and four slices of seven-grain “health bread.” But even then, it’s fairly small.
“The idea of a ham and cheese sandwich selling for $29 is ridiculous – even if it serves two portions; no matter how good the ingredients are or where they are from; or how tasty the sandwich is,” Phil Lempert, editor of SupermarketGuru.com, told The Post.
When The Post went to purchase the sandwich on Friday, an employee at the Madison Avenue eatery was so embarrassed by the price, they offered to charge us a mere $22.
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“Some people complain, but a lot of people who live around here, they know the prices, and they don’t complain because they like it [the food].”
We persisted with the $29 sandwich purchase — and found it to be reminiscent of an airport sandwich.
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Because it’s discounted down from $39?
Some people actually enjoy overpaying for stuff, because it’s a status symbol for them.
If they sold that same sandwich for $6, a lot of New Yorkers who have an elitist attitude might turn their noses up at it. But slap a $29 price tag on it and they have to have it.
Sack lunch or picnic from home. This has become our solution to price gouging. Takes a little extra effort but we have become to enjoy it.
Who cares?
NYC is a foreign country.
Just for them, the new and upcoming iPhone 15 - $3000.
These are the ham and cheese sandwiches Alvin Bragg is indicting.
You can make better with the right ingredients.
You can make better for less with the right ingredients.
Sheesh, it’s not like making a ham and cheese sandwich and packing your lunch yourself is such a big deal. It takes less time that ordering it from a deli or restaurant and going to get it.
Because the cheese is imported all the way from Mexico, and is actually from dog milk. The ham is even more rare and imported from Saudi Arabia.
lol
If we keep printing money and borrowing trillions of dollars, that sandwich will cost $100 before too long.
I recently bought a whole sprial cut Ham for 14$ . I cut it up and froze most of it. It tastes just fine after it thaws.
For $29 USD I think I still might be able to swing a whole mess of home-cooked liver and onionswith bacon, and if not a full two-four, at least the better part of one. Or, to go fancy, several family sized Polish-Kashub poutines and at least a half-dozen Warka. That’s good cultural food.
Thank God I don’t live in New York. Or Toronto.
It’s Zabar’s.
You pay it to say you’ve stopped there.
My bet is that most of the folks shelling out that 29 bucks ain’t repeat customers.
No wonder they can’t pay on their student loans.
I’ll pass on it.
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