tj usiyan
I am convinced that eating in New York is less expensive than the Bay but folks seem convinced that they are about the same. I have a burgeoning theory but am I just way off?
Mar 26 at 1:05amWeb
Show threadAsta [AMP]1d ago
@griotspeak as in, California bay area, right? Having lived in New York I feel like the food I ate there was delicious and not expensive. I never went to like, hundred dollar a plate places; I think the most we'd ever spent was like, 200 (with taxes and tips) at a vegan sushi place for two and it was fucking delicious. Most of the time we were under 100 for two, including drinks, tip, taxes, etc.

I feel like everything I've heard about the bay area suggests that's basically non-existent there.
Show threadtj usiyan1d ago
@aud It certainly *exists* in the bay it’s just not as common or consistent
Show threadI Can't Believe It's Not Zero!1d ago
@griotspeak nyc isn’t necessarily cheaper, but on the whole you get better quality and variety for the money
Show threadtj usiyan1d ago
@steve That’s kind of the crux of my theory, I think. I realized later that people were probably talking about eating out at fancier places. I was literally talking about like… lunch and dinner on workdays
Show threadI Can't Believe It's Not Zero!1d ago
@griotspeak there are a lot of good under the radar places in the bay, but most of the mainstream “restaurant scene” doesn’t talk about them at all. NYC loves them.
Show threadI Can't Believe It's Not Zero!1d ago

@griotspeak big part of it is that people still go out in nyc. Door Dash etc have absolutely destroyed the “middle class” restaurant scene in the bay. A problem everywhere but much worse in SFBA.

Pretty much every great “casual” place I used to go in South Bay is gone, and every one of them closed up because it just didn’t make any sense to run a real restaurant when every order is delivery service.

Show threadI Can't Believe It's Not Zero!1d ago
@griotspeak (how dire was it? So dire that multiple chefs texted me, an east coaster who they hadn’t seen as a customer more often than once a quarter for a decade, to give me a heads up that they were going to close.)
Show threadJeff Watkins1d ago
@griotspeak NYC has a long culture of breakfast & lunch places. I used to get sandwiches from a place that closed at 3pm sharp. They opened at 5 to serve egg sandwiches and such. I remember their pastrami and swiss as being heavenly. Course, this was twenty-five years ago when I worked there.