I make up the membership costs in gas alone very quickly. Their gas is always much cheaper. Take into account hamburger, steaks, etc. Easily worth the $120.
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Restaurants have gotten so expensive……also recycling and phone apps (3 Viewers)
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Keerock
Footballguy
My son calls it "expensive prison food"
General Malaise
Footballguy
Agreed, though I can't stomach the lines for gas here. Just exhausting. Plus, we get 2% cash back which offsets the fee too. The savings on meat would be fantastic IF we had more meat eaters in our family. Of the 7 of us, only 4 eat meat and 2 of those are off at college, so we're not getting to take advantage there. Which is fine, I don't need THAT much red meat.
NutterButter
Footballguy
Let's just set the record straight. Its $60. $120 is for the executive which you can't lose money on. I take my costco fandom seriously and I will not have their good name slandered.
skillz
Footballguy
What I’ve noticed aside from the higher price already mentioned is:
1. Smaller portions with the higher price
2. Limits on or no specials. For example there is a great burger joint around us and it used to sell burgers for reduced menu prices on Monday. Now they got rid of that and only offer the deal once per month.
On the flip side- My daughter is in college and waits tables. She’s making a killing with tips especially since the place she works at sells a lot of alcohol which inflates the bill.
1. Smaller portions with the higher price
2. Limits on or no specials. For example there is a great burger joint around us and it used to sell burgers for reduced menu prices on Monday. Now they got rid of that and only offer the deal once per month.
On the flip side- My daughter is in college and waits tables. She’s making a killing with tips especially since the place she works at sells a lot of alcohol which inflates the bill.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I was begging - BEGGING - my son to get a job waiting tables this summer. Good looking kid, great personality, he'd TON it in this environment.
He's working for Jersey Mikes instead.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
Waiting tables is definitely a better job. As long as it's not a place that's not gonna milk the $2/hour side work too much.
I was begging - BEGGING - my son to get a job waiting tables this summer. Good looking kid, great personality, he'd TON it in this environment.
He's working for Jersey Mikes instead.
Oh well. If it's a really good place to wait tables, he'd just end up blowing all the money on drugs from the cook anyway.
FairWarning
Footballguy
Most of the people I work with, it’s their second job.
I make a decent living and we’re on track for retirement but can’t afford / won’t take my family out to most restaurants now.
nirad3
Footballguy
Thought of this thread last night when I met my mom, sister/nephew and domestic partner/my kids at Claim Jumper in SoCal.
First of all, it was $4 for an iced tea. Yikes.
The service was terrible. Didn't get small plates for bread/apps. Took forever to get order placed. Took forever to get the check. What should have been an hour experience went 90 minutes easy.
Now, our server appeared fairly new and did have a lot of tables to tend to, but man... it wasn't a great experience.
On top of it, I paid over $20 for a Caesar salad with shrimp. Menu said it was supposed to be Romaine lettuce but it was like 25% Romaine and rest nasty-azz iceberg, which I deplore.
The best part of the meal was the mozzarella sticks.
$90 with tip for the 4 of us, and my son only got a side of fries (he had already eaten chicken nuggets at home before coming).
First of all, it was $4 for an iced tea. Yikes.
The service was terrible. Didn't get small plates for bread/apps. Took forever to get order placed. Took forever to get the check. What should have been an hour experience went 90 minutes easy.
Now, our server appeared fairly new and did have a lot of tables to tend to, but man... it wasn't a great experience.
On top of it, I paid over $20 for a Caesar salad with shrimp. Menu said it was supposed to be Romaine lettuce but it was like 25% Romaine and rest nasty-azz iceberg, which I deplore.
The best part of the meal was the mozzarella sticks.
$90 with tip for the 4 of us, and my son only got a side of fries (he had already eaten chicken nuggets at home before coming).
FairWarning
Footballguy
One big change since covid is the pay for the back of the house. good restaurants will overpay to keep them now.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
It was White Zin. Probably not the highest quality.
Orange&Blue
Footballguy
the fact it costs me $50+ at a fastfood place for my family of 5 is ridiculous
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Daily Specials
MONDAY
$3 Well Drinks & ½ off House Wine (House wine only)TUESDAY
FREE Pool $4 Green teas, $4 Michigan Pints*, $4 Titos (All Day!), ½ off Breadzas 9pm -1am (dine-in only)WEDNESDAY
½ off Appetizers 3-9pm (dine-in only), $4 Jack Daniels all day & nightTHURSDAY
Drink Specials – $3 Well Drinks (All Day!) 9pm – Midnight – $4 You Call it! *Select Pints & Select Premiums!SATURDAY – POWER HOUR
10-11pm, $3 Well Drinks, Straight Shot & Select Domestic Bottle BeersSATURDAY & SUNDAY
$8.99 Burger & Fries ‘til 4pmSUNDAY
$2 PBR Draft (All Day!) Service Industry 10% off total bill for bar & restaurant employees$2.5 – 22OZ. DRAFT LABATT BLUE, COORS LIGHT & PBR. $4.5 MULES!!! EVERY DAY
Doug B
Footballguy
The ship has sailed on restaurant drinks for me at a lot of places. Just too expensive for what you get.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
They have tip jars also
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
My son calls it "expensive prison food"
Glad I’m not the only one. My kids love it. I think everything tastes like bread.
zamboni
Footballguy
Hence the name.My son calls it "expensive prison food"
Glad I’m not the only one. My kids love it. I think everything tastes like bread.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
What bar? Looks like a place I should at least try.
nirad3
Footballguy
I agree to an extent. Problem is I absolutely have to drink something with my meal and oftentimes their water tastes nasty. I've all but given up sodas so I've been drinking the heck outta iced teas lately. But four bucks?!!?!?
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Renshaws Pub, 14 Mile and Main Street. It is nice inside too.
ChiefD
Footballguy
Did you get any refills?
Doug B
Footballguy
You know ... in a way, it's a form of the "cost plus" pricing model @dkp993 and I were discussing upthread. Not exactly a tack-on fee ... but that $4.00 tea is doing a lot of profit-boosting work all the same.
And people probably price a place most often based on advertised food prices. "Hey, that $18.99 steak ain't bad!" But then add on a $4.00 tea or an $8.00 draft, and the restaurant scratches a good bit of profit right back. Desserts and appetizers, too? Those $18.99 dinners end up being more like $35 a head - before tip.
zamboni
Footballguy
Even in pre-COVID days, I wouldn't order soda in a restaurant unless refills were included. The markup on soda is as outsized as it gets.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
GB Michigan.
They need to change the state motto to........."Go on to AZ or FL if you want to, but here it's not 125 degrees, we have water, and reasonably priced beer!"
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Check this menu out. This is in Keerocks area. https://www.zmenu.com/wagon-wheel-lounge-hotel-northville-online-menu/
Plus 2.5 bottle beer and 10 dollar pitchers. When I went there I thought it was an old menu from 20 years ago. And the food is good!!
wlwiles
Footballguy
I'm two pages late in responding to this, but it was Destin, FL. The server at the last place mentioned that this was a result of a new state-wide bill that was voted on during their most recent general election - what was voted on was whether or not restaurants could adopt this policy if they wanted to, not that the policy would be mandatory for all restaurants. We went to a couple others that didn't use it, but all the ones that did were sure to have the servers mention it upfront, and one even had a sign posted on the door and a little disclaimer on the front page of their menu about it.
Major
Footballguy
If you live in Texas, visit Specs. One of the largest liquor stores in the US.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
Yep I was shocked the other day when we rolled through the Taco Bell drive through for the first time in years and it was 40 bucks for our family of 4.
I remember being down to my last $5 with two friends (so needed food for 3, with just 5 bucks total) in college when my appetite was at its peak and going to Taco Bell and eating like kings with money left over.
Keerock
Footballguy
That place is a complete dump... been there for at least 30 years... but the food is decent and the beer cheap. Crowd is sus.
nirad3
Footballguy
I did - but yeah, considering it probably cost them all of a quarter, even with a refill... $4 seems a little pricey. Am I suggesting it should be free? By no means... but let's say $2 or 2.50.... that I could deal with. I'd probably still tip a buck on top of that (I got said iced tea at the bar before going to sit at our table).
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I’ve been a handful of times not sure I’ve ever eaten there
Keerock
Footballguy
I rest my case
I’ve been a handful of times not sure I’ve ever eaten there
Raging weasel
Footballguy
Thanks, I've driven past there a bunch of times and wondered if it was any good. If today was Tuesday I'd head up there now, they have 3 of my fav Michigan beers on tap.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Nothing beats the time I stopped at Timberwolf Tavern in Redford for lunch and ordered a patty melt. Waitress (also the cook it seemed) said it wasn’t her specialty but she’d try
Apparently that was more of a drinkin bar for the guys at Detroit Diesel…
Apparently that was more of a drinkin bar for the guys at Detroit Diesel…
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Might be a mixed blessing. Growing up in an affordable, super-sized culture has left us collectively unhealthier in many ways. It’s cheaper to eat better (health wise) at home.
Keerock
Footballguy
It's no Bloated Goat...
I’ve been a handful of times not sure I’ve ever eaten there
Boston
Footballguy
Thanks…that is fascinating…Happy Hours are illegal in Massachusetts but that Is easily the cheapest I have seen wine/liquor pricing in decades…I can’t think of anything remotely close in this neck of the woods…would love to look at their books and see how they are doing…some of the pricing for the booze is dangerous…leave the car at home!
Capella
Footballguy
I’ve deleted Uber eats off my phone because it’s too insane. Can’t justify it.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
8 of us went there last Saturday after playing softball and we had a blast. 30 years, more like 50 years. Been there since the track has been there.
Yes it is a dump, a dive bar for sure, but the food was really good, beer was cheap and the people watching better. Not the typical snooty downtown Northville/Plymouth crowd that is certain. Exactly what we were looking for all dirty and sweaty.
Two servers were all tatted up with push up bras. what more could you ask for?
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah it’s absurd, I would never pay that.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Hey, watch it buddy! lol just kidding there’s a lot of annoying snooty people around here. Northville is much worse than Plymouth imo.
8 of us went there last Saturday after playing softball and we had a blast. Yes it is a dump, a dive bar for sure, but the food was really good, beer was cheap and the people watching better. not the typical snooty downtown Northville/Plymouth crowd that is certain.
the moops
Footballguy
Adopted?
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Server said the place is busy from 11am until pretty much 2am. 7 days a week.
Hey, watch it buddy! lol just kidding there’s a lot of annoying snooty people around here. Northville is much worse than Plymouth imo.
8 of us went there last Saturday after playing softball and we had a blast. Yes it is a dump, a dive bar for sure, but the food was really good, beer was cheap and the people watching better. not the typical snooty downtown Northville/Plymouth crowd that is certain.
Yes it is. If you walked into the Wagon When you would not think you are in Northville. Without a doubt the diviest place in Northville.
nirad3
Footballguy
Sounds like my kind of place!
8 of us went there last Saturday after playing softball and we had a blast. 30 years, more like 50 years. Been there since the track has been there.
Yes it is a dump, a dive bar for sure, but the food was really good, beer was cheap and the people watching better. Not the typical snooty downtown Northville/Plymouth crowd that is certain. Exactly what we were looking for all dirty and sweaty.
Two servers were all tatted up with push up bras. what more could you ask for?
Doug B
Footballguy
That's that "volume" we were talking about upthread. If you're packed 15 hours a day ... you can get by -- even thrive -- with thin margins and well-considered loss leaders.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Waiting tables is definitely a better job. As long as it's not a place that's not gonna milk the $2/hour side work too much.
I was begging - BEGGING - my son to get a job waiting tables this summer. Good looking kid, great personality, he'd TON it in this environment.
He's working for Jersey Mikes instead.
Oh well. If it's a really good place to wait tables, he'd just end up blowing all the money on drugs from the cook anyway.
Well, while I'm sure he wouldn't blow it on, uh, *blow*, he's blowing what he is making on his lady friend. He has fraternity dues and food to buy this school year. I'm covering room and rent....he needs skin in the game so a server job would have been a boon. Instead, he cares more about the skin game.
Jersey Mike's isn't too bad. They share tips and get $17ish. His older brother worked there and did very well for himself but he's a worker and a saver.
Major
Footballguy
Yep. Before UE/DD, it was rare to see a delivery fee tacked on your order. You get your food and tip generously. Now every pizza place does it. And if you cross check the menus, you'll generally see the prices inflated 20-30% on the 3rd party apps.
General Malaise
Footballguy
If I'm going to pay $4 or more for anything it better have booze in it.
