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Originally Posted by GREENBACK
I normally try to keep the bill under $75 and $50 is better. I don't think I've ever eaten at a really fine dining place.
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As I mentioned in another thread, here in Maine, such "fine" dining places don't even exist!
The most I've ever spent was a high $20 for a prime rib, and that was a special occasion at a tourist trap. That also included a Coke.
I enjoy the little hole-in-the-wall restaurants more than fancy stuff anyway. I agree with a previous poster "Gourmet" is overrated. Give me a half-pound burger with some fries or onion rings any day!
Being from Maine, I know how I like my seafood. I can go to a good local seafood restaurant and get a plate piled high with shrimp, clams, scallops, and haddock for around $16. There are hardly any chain seafood restaurants left in the area. Why? Because the quality of the food was no comparison to the little "hole-in-the-wall" restaurants, that and they were more expensive to boot. Incidentally, I would consider that $16 to be an expensive meal.
A darn good thing my taste buds prefer cheaper food!