The Economy

Saturday night we got two take out subs for $11 apiece. That's about what a club sandwich goes for at the local diner, too.

 

Most good dumplings at most good dumpling places below Delancey / Kenmare are still $1.

You have to fight your way through the college students to get to the counter.

The $1 slice of pizza still exists as well. Though seems in most cases to have ticked up to a buck-fifty. (B- pizza for sure, but filling, and it's still pizza.)

Two slices and a can of soda still $5 below 14th Street.

You can cut most of these prices in half - and double the quality of every mouthful - on Main Street in Queens. Last stop on the 7 train.

 

Not many housecats in that neighborhood, either.

Still, delicious.

 

What do you mean "[t]he delivery disrupters - door dash, grub hub, uber eats, etc - have driven prices through the roof"?

 

The service fees they charge both the customer and the restaurant now make up a hefty portion of the bill.

In many cases restaurants also had to raise prices to cover the cost of being part of an online delivery network.

How much does Grubhub charge restaurants? | Grubhub for Restaurants

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion...0210719-g32ctf3fq5behaky32pfqztyve-story.html

Meanwhile, customers, delivery drivers and food delivery companies picked up the tab. On a typical food order of $24, it costs an additional $13 to pay for drivers, management of driver networks, background checks, and credit card processing fees.

 

All still there.

Great Indian grocery on that block as well.

Like nuts, or a cheese course, food jokes go down best at the end of the meal.

 

I know a woman who woks for Amazon in Costa Rica. Amazon has about 14,000 employees in the country because they use it as a back office. The company scheduled a Zoom meeting for 350 at 10:30.. When the meeting started Amazon stared by telling the employees on the call they were fired. Employee computer log-ins had been programmed for suspension at 10:45.

 

The vet's office we take our pets to is right next to a Japanese restaurant. We also have an ice cream shop next to a dentist's office.
Whoever is in charge of zoning in our town has a sense of humor.

There is also a regional supermarket chain that has some good deals on meat. Among them are a value pack of ground beef that's three pounds for $10. It's 73/27, not the highest quality, but for most of the stuff we cook with it it's too good a deal to pass up. My wife and I often joke about it, saying now we know what hobo tastes like.