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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
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can you afford to go to a local decent place every Friday night?
Yes. And fortunately, I don't think my city has a single restaurant of the Chili's, Applebees, Houlihans, or other middle-America dreck variety. There is a place that looks like it was an International House of Pancakes a few decades ago (long before they were called IHOP). I don't even think there's a Denny's. The next town has a Sizzler and the one after has a Macaroni Grill. But my little hamlet, home of some of the best food in the USA (at all price points), has been spared. ^
Yea. There are at least 18 restaurants within about 5-8 minutes from my house. All are much better than Applebees et al in my opinion. They range in cost from about $50 per person to $5 per person. Im not counting fast food chains. There are probably others but these are the ones I remember going to. It really is about demanding more, not about cost. My wife and I had a great dinner at one of them tonight. It was $23 plus tip. At a local restaurant, not a chain.