Most expensive dinner?

Yeah, but there are a lot of programs that do that.

Maybe Open Table's is better, but it's still expensive for the restaurant.

 

This might be sadder than the news you dropped on the "what chicks don't get about us" thread.

I think we need to organize a guys night out for Nighthawk.

 

What's sad about either one of them, and how would I spend much more than that? Even the nicest restaurants in Vegas don't charge much more than $50.

 

YF- Yeah, Open Table is expensive, but for the type of restaurants we are talking about on this thread, I would think most could afford it. The smaller, family-owned joints probably wouldn't need something as expansive as OT.

Anyway, sorry for the TJ.

 

You really need to get out more.

 

What, because I've never seen an entree for more than $50 on a menu? I'm not following you here. Heck, I could eat fresh Dungeness at Seattle's best seafood restaurant for $40.

 

Pretty much. Yes.

Look, I'm the last guy here who wants to mock your choices -- especially concerning religion. But life is worth living. Sometimes you deserve to treat yourself well.

Some experiences are worth it just for the experience.

And maybe expensive food isn't a great "value" but it is fucking good. Different. Innovative. Exciting.

 

And you think I'm not living? You think I don't treat myself well? On the contrary, I treat myself very well. I'm obsessed with Travel Channel's "Man vs. Food" and have managed to visit 34 of the restaurants that have appeared on the show. Each one of those places is an experience. Each place runs me about $10 to $15.

Or that $30 meal, it included salmon, stuffed flounder, clam chowder, baked potato, steamed vegetables, salad, bread and sweet tea. I mean, what else am I supposed to do, order dessert and an appetizer?

 

I love places like that too. But fine dining has it's place too.

If you don't mind me asking, where do you live? Be as specific as you're willing to be.

 

Eastern Iowa. By the way, if this helps, I don't drink alcohol, so that might be part of why my price appears low.

 

I thought my $200 dinner at Orsay in Jacksonville for the two of us was pricey until I read about some of these outrageous meals. But, man, the jalapeno pear margaritas were worth it.

The chef and friend at Blue Bamboo also made us a lunch worth way over $100 when we went there before we left Jax. Probably the best lunch I've ever had.

Bistro Aix is also good, and Matthews has a great bar with a huge selection of single-malt Scotches and a bartender who knows what he's doing.

Shit, now I miss Jax.

 

Yeah, I think the no-alcohol thing is the answer, because I looked at two of those Jacksonville restaurants and saw no way I could spend more than $50 without ordering a second entree. I think at one of them, I would have had to order four entrees to even get to $50. So this actually makes a lot more sense now.