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HeadSet says

Not everyone orders so many booze drinks with dinner.

One favorite eatery for my wife and I is a local Italian eatery run by some Wops. We can get salad, garlic knots, pizza and sodas for less that that $60.

Eh, I'm not going to Olive Garden light. Two beers and a glass of wine are $20 alone. It's not like we get wasted.

I'm not buying anything under $15 for an entree. A good restaurant prices their food because they can sell it at that price. $25 an entree, $20 in a couple drinks and you're over $60 easy excluding sales tax and tip. That's an $80-90 dollar meal if you're not a cheapskate tipping.

I don't eat shit food. I go to the good places. We'll go to lower end places (non-chain) when we have the kids with us. With 5 of us we're easily $150 deep even then. We're also nearing the point of it being 5 adult meals. So it will probably be $200 per visit depending where we go. Do people not go out to eat anymore?