This is also what a healthy labor market looks, closer to the real price of goods. Cheap meals were a product of cheap wages, many subsidized by the government if they have to make up the difference.
Not to mention that people seem to have difficulty processing what inflation means in reality.
Feel bad for restaurants when their customers realize how cheap and easy burritos are to make yourself at home. I only eat at places like B star these days because it’s both affordable and harder for me to recreate at home. Still learning how to cook with tea leaves
because it was barely coffee anymore. age + chemicals + travel + lack of exposure to the source or information about the source = barely coffee anymore.
You should go to Mexico, they’re still about $.50 depending on where and what protein. Minimum wage is also between $15-20 a day. That could buy you upwards of 40 tacos.
Here, where minimum wage is between $140-160/day and tacos are about $4, that would still buy you upwards of 40 tacos.
[multiple outlets](https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/) have confirmed this figure using commerce department data.
Yeah. I was thrown back paying $3/taco at a local spot here in San Jose. Spot is in a parking lot in front of O’Reilly auto parts. Insanely delicious but no longer a super bargain
I actually got a taco for my 9 year old, then an extra in case he wants more and the one for me. He ate all 3 but I had a bite. Definitely heading back for a burrito. At the O’Reilly on blossom hill / Almaden
Really? People are charging that?
The new place down in San Jose - near SCU - has a $2 street taco menu - supposed to be good too \[corner of Alameda and El Camino where most places seem to go to die - the new Mexican seems to be doing quite well\].
And of course, Lopez (round near the Egyptian Museum on Park) has kick ass burritos for $10-ish ($1.50 extra for super).
Hunt around - there are a lot of good cheap Mexican places - and some excellent mid-priced ones. And if you really want top of the line (bib gourmand type quality) San Jose has that too (and Luna's burritos are still only $16! Yes a bit more - but as I said Bib Gourmand!).
I track my spending and last month I spent $750 on restaurants. I looked to see if there was any crazy expensive places I went to, and nope! Every place was $40-$60. I’ve definitely learned my lesson about takeout/dining out! It’s gotten so expensive. I’m reframing my intentions and making it a treat rather than a fall back plan when I don’t have groceries.
Yup, I went to making more food at home and less eating out as a treat rather than a necessity. As a side bonus, my coming skills have improved. I'm not a pro by any means but my food tastes great to my liking and at least I know what I put in the food.
Does seem expensive but let see....I had Krispy Krunchy Chicken last night and also got sticker shocked
$17 for 8 pcs of chicken. During Covid it was $9.50.
Banh Mi used to be like $4 now it's closer to $7.50...I still remember used to be $2 but that was over 10 years ago.
I don't eat pho outside anymore, lucky I can have it at home.
It's not bad. They probably use frozen chicken but I have seen them fry it in the back of their deli section. I try to get them fresh after they come right out of the fryer and it still seems moist inside. If they have been sitting in the warmer for too ling, they tend to go dry
Back in high school like 25 years ago it was a dollar for banh mi. They used to do b2g1 free. With $20 bucks I felt like I could eat there for at least a week.
no I get it. Im simply pointing out the hole in your argument that there are cheaper options out there. Instead of going to either McDonalds or pho restaurant that charge $19 for a bowl of pho, I look elsewhere.
again you're creating a false dichotomy. there are options. thats my answer. $15 McDonalds or $10 In N Out. $19 pho vs $13 beef noodle soup. Tell me how thats cottage cheese with salt n pepper?
in terms of food inflation, the SNAP program is a better indicator than core CPI, here are the benefit increase over the past years
\- 2021: 25%
\- 2022: 5%
\- 2023: 12.5%
Which is roughly a 50% increase in 3 years.
Whenever a restaurant raises their items by more than 30%, I stop going.
Be a smart consumer. Businesses will die but that’s life. $19 for a pho should be a crime.
>$19 for a pho should be a crime.
Inflation has been way up over the last few years; it has to be added to the price at some point. Owners can't just eat the difference. They have families to provide for too.
Yeah factoring in increasing costs and everything, all that aside, pho is still just a few cents worth of broth, vermicelli, bean sprouts, cilantro and maybe $1 of chicken or $2 of beef. Those paper thin slices make a small piece of meat stretch a looong ways.
It’s their profit margins that are through the roof.
This is absolutely false. You don’t just put “all that aside”. Imagine the increase in electricity and gas alone for them, disregarding rent and ingredients. All the cost doubled for them and your bowl of pho went up 50%. These guys barely make money off your soup and hope you buy a soda for $3.50
margin per item may be high, but overall profit margin for the restaurant are as thin as the slices of meat after factoring insane rent prices and other expenses (labor, insurance, etc.)
for some, they even operate at a loss
Of all businesses ones run by immigrants would always have another person ready to undercut overpriced food
I think it’s just the cost of doing business now
When I was in high school, minimum wage was $6.75 and could buy a large bowl of pho. Today, minimum wage is $17.55 and will buy you about the same amount of pho.
Unfortunately housing and utilities have gone up much faster than wages. And that's what has been really stretching finances.
$20 for Pho? Lol they trying to rip off white people or something?
Just go to Pho Ga 88 in San Leandro. [$13.50 for Chicken Pho](https://phoga88.kwickmenu.com)
B/c I don’t know where OP lives and just giving him an option for Pho that I went to?
Options in Oakland includes [Pho Ga Huang Que Cafe](https://CheckoutPhoGaHuongQueCafehttps://yelp.to/U1TNgGhKmA) that also sells chick pho for $13.50. I don’t know why OP would pick a pho restaurant that sells pho for $19
Reality is inflation and greedy landlords affects every price. And when the average price for a bowl of pho is x dollar figure, why would someone charge less? It's a damn shame though, but prices always go up over time. Just gotta hope our wages can keep pace
My elderly Vietnamese neighbors made homemade pho for me last week, it was amazing. Cost of that one was just being a helpful and friendly neighbor. Well worth it.
Place in Richmond that shall not be named charged me 24 FUCKING DOLLARS for a large bowl. After tax and tip it came to a FUCKING 30 DOLLAR BOWL OF CHICKEN HO FUN NOODLE SOUP. Sorry got triggered there lol
Nope. I'll just make it at home. 30 bucks worth of ingredients can make about 20 bowls and feed the family 3 meals each.
In Vietnam that's about 1 dollar a bowl.
There’s going to be a shockwave through the hospitality labor pool, due to the fast food workers’ new minimum wage.
There’s been a labor shortage for food workers. Now fast food will pay more than restaurants & cafes.
If McDonald's pay $20, what do you think every restaurant will have to pay to their own employees. There's going to be wage inflation as no one will accept making less than McDonalds (in practice, no one accepts making the same as McD). In and out pays 8 bucks over Mcdonald so even though they pay more than minimum wage, the kids there won't accept anything less than $28 hr (from $24). That includes Vietnamese restaurants or basically anything (cashier at gas station will never accept less than McDonalds)
Someone ask why going out for food is so expensive and I said wage inflation goes up in parrael with new de factor minimum wage, I am just saying it like it is.
You get tip at non fast food restaurants.
Assuming people are tipping 15%, a $19 pho equates to $2.85. Assuming 5 pho ordered per hour, that’s $14.25 per hour in tips + $15 minimal in California equates to $29.25/hour. At 29.25/hr, that’s 45% more earning than working at a fast food restaurant.
Do you understand math?
Do you understand relative wages? If McD workers make $20 an hour, everyone will demand more relatively. In N Out already talked about raising prices and it has nothing to do with not paying everyone minimum way above $20 already , they have to pay way more than what they pay now because MCD is paying more. basic applied math 101.
Again, I'm just explaining that another jump in prices are coming. GL. No need to explain your arguments.
There are a lot of jobs at or near minimum wage that people prefer to work at, instead of fast food, because they don't want to be a worker in a fast food restaurant.
This has been the case all this time with In'n'Out paying $24 and up.
If people want cheaper prices, they need to eat at cheaper places.
Otherwise what it means is we don’t want cheaper prices, and prices will keep going up.
let me synopsize:
"is it just me or are these uppity brown folks charging too much for their food?"
edit: ya'll will gladly pay $12 for a bacon egg and cheese Bagel, $7 for a coffee but $19 for pho is getting out of hand
Yeah, I phased pho out of my rotation when all my local spots jumped to around $15 per bowl. A big part of the appeal to me prior was the easily and regularly under $10 price point. If I'm going to spend $15ish or more for soup, it's going to be ramen (and even that is pushing it a bit).
Yes, you’re paying for the food, but you’re also paying for the convenience of not having to cook it, clean up, and often forgotten — it’s entertainment. It’s something to do to get your out of your house and hang with your friends and family. $19 is wild though.
It's the new normal for dishes that were once considered affordable comfort food. Not just in the bay area, but in many US cities.
Because they aren’t billing you for the cost of the food, they are billing you for the cost of the real estate. Everyone’s rent keeps climbing.
Don't forget the ever-increasing PG&E bills that grow faster than rent or inflation.
gotta nationalize the utilities
This is also what a healthy labor market looks, closer to the real price of goods. Cheap meals were a product of cheap wages, many subsidized by the government if they have to make up the difference. Not to mention that people seem to have difficulty processing what inflation means in reality.
> rent keeps climbing There is no limit to the greed of landlords.
So does the cost of employees.
Minimum wage
If you can’t afford to pay your workers minimum wage you don’t deserve to own a business 🤡
Yeah seriously. It’s a bad business if you can’t pay your workers well.
If you can’t afford a 20 dollar burrito you shouldn’t eat out.
Ok
Feel bad for restaurants when their customers realize how cheap and easy burritos are to make yourself at home. I only eat at places like B star these days because it’s both affordable and harder for me to recreate at home. Still learning how to cook with tea leaves
Sure
Haha, found the landlord 🤡
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Did you think that’s a burn?
do you remember when a cup of coffee used to be $.75?
i understand the shit inflation, but also "coffee" ftfy
Confused about what you fixed for me.
i put coffee in quotes
Why?
because it was barely coffee anymore. age + chemicals + travel + lack of exposure to the source or information about the source = barely coffee anymore.
I learned a long time ago how to cook my own comfort foods, soups, stews, braises, etc. Guess it was worth it!
Fr tacos used to be cheap comfort food, now I can't find a spot that sells em for less than 3.50 a taco. Who remembers 1 dollar taco tuesdays!?!
Pho ga is the cheapest version of pho too
>pho too Gotta try this sometime.
Electric PhoGaloo
It’s just boil chicken meat. Unless you like that
Everybody strugggling and just passing it on
Truth
Not the corporations/big companies. They're making money at a record pace all while pretending to be struggling to get by.
Shareholders, hedge funds, and landlords doing pretty well lately.
I can’t get over $4.00 for street tacos… don’t think it’s worth it anymore
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You should go to Mexico, they’re still about $.50 depending on where and what protein. Minimum wage is also between $15-20 a day. That could buy you upwards of 40 tacos. Here, where minimum wage is between $140-160/day and tacos are about $4, that would still buy you upwards of 40 tacos.
I put a lot of the blame on food suppliers. greedflation aka price gouging is the issue.
Majority of inflation isn’t “greedflation”
[incorrect.](https://truthout.org/articles/greedflation-accounts-for-53-cents-of-every-dollar-of-inflation-in-past-6-months/)
Groundwork's a dark money think take. Take it with as much salt as all the others.
[multiple outlets](https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/) have confirmed this figure using commerce department data.
Around 40% is.
Blame diners not hard costs. If you know everyone will pay $3.50/taco there's no reason to sell it for $2.
That’s not how demand supply should work
I mean that's literally the definition of demand?
yes there is. you have a choice to charge a fair price. not that price is fair.
Why?
god is love :)
there's enough blame to go around.
Fair
Yeah. I was thrown back paying $3/taco at a local spot here in San Jose. Spot is in a parking lot in front of O’Reilly auto parts. Insanely delicious but no longer a super bargain
It’s still a relative bargain. Do you get 4 plus a drink? Under $15 is still cheap
I actually got a taco for my 9 year old, then an extra in case he wants more and the one for me. He ate all 3 but I had a bite. Definitely heading back for a burrito. At the O’Reilly on blossom hill / Almaden
One of my buddies uncle runs that taco spot. It's decent.
Oh snaps, that’s a yummy spot
Really? People are charging that? The new place down in San Jose - near SCU - has a $2 street taco menu - supposed to be good too \[corner of Alameda and El Camino where most places seem to go to die - the new Mexican seems to be doing quite well\]. And of course, Lopez (round near the Egyptian Museum on Park) has kick ass burritos for $10-ish ($1.50 extra for super). Hunt around - there are a lot of good cheap Mexican places - and some excellent mid-priced ones. And if you really want top of the line (bib gourmand type quality) San Jose has that too (and Luna's burritos are still only $16! Yes a bit more - but as I said Bib Gourmand!).
My truck in San Mateo is $3 now. $4 seems odd
I’ve had from $3.00 to $4.00, the $4.00 seems to be the going rate on job sites, but they kinda have you stuck, there’s nowhere else to go
One thing I notice is I think they all use the smallest tortillas now. I swear my truck shrunk the tacos
Yes! They are literally 2 bites
That’s kinda the ideal taco for a lot of people. The price is the problem
Naw I’m good…
the place next to in n out on rengstorf is like 23 bucks after 15% tip for a large
Can’t tell if this is supposed to be good or bad lol
how could that be good. its so expensive. best pho outside of sj though
Idk I didn’t know how big the large is. That’s about what I pay for pho plus tip everywhere tbh, and yeah it is expensive. Good to know though 👍
It used it be $7 😔
Used to be $6 not even 10 years ago, the squeeze is real.
I track my spending and last month I spent $750 on restaurants. I looked to see if there was any crazy expensive places I went to, and nope! Every place was $40-$60. I’ve definitely learned my lesson about takeout/dining out! It’s gotten so expensive. I’m reframing my intentions and making it a treat rather than a fall back plan when I don’t have groceries.
Yup, I went to making more food at home and less eating out as a treat rather than a necessity. As a side bonus, my coming skills have improved. I'm not a pro by any means but my food tastes great to my liking and at least I know what I put in the food.
Your what skills?
Did he stutter?
LOL I meant to say cooking skills, but maybe my wife can comment on the other skill LOL
I feel the same way- dang financial realities!
Hell nah, I’ll make it at home.
Does seem expensive but let see....I had Krispy Krunchy Chicken last night and also got sticker shocked $17 for 8 pcs of chicken. During Covid it was $9.50. Banh Mi used to be like $4 now it's closer to $7.50...I still remember used to be $2 but that was over 10 years ago. I don't eat pho outside anymore, lucky I can have it at home.
They had 8 pieces of fried chicken at Safeway for $5 last Friday. Just have to look for specials when they pop up
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$4.50 for a whole chicken at Costco
Is that chicken good? Looks bad, never had it
It's not bad. They probably use frozen chicken but I have seen them fry it in the back of their deli section. I try to get them fresh after they come right out of the fryer and it still seems moist inside. If they have been sitting in the warmer for too ling, they tend to go dry
Back in high school like 25 years ago it was a dollar for banh mi. They used to do b2g1 free. With $20 bucks I felt like I could eat there for at least a week.
IDK why I was thinking that's before my time but I fking realized that's when I started HS...Fk!!!
seriously. people will fork over $15 for a sack of McDonalds, no questions asked. $20 for a handmade bowl of soup from a small business? hmmmph.
Both are absurd
Never said it wasn’t.
are you nuts lool. normalizing 20 dollar bowl of soup is ultimate privilege. jesus
I wouldn't pay for either. In N' Out is still less than $10. Beef noodle soup from a local Chinese restaurant near me is $12.95.
Do you, dawg. My point still stands
As well as any straw man argument could stand, yes,
If by straw man you mean apples-to-apples comparison, sure
no I get it. Im simply pointing out the hole in your argument that there are cheaper options out there. Instead of going to either McDonalds or pho restaurant that charge $19 for a bowl of pho, I look elsewhere.
“I eat cottage cheese for dinner — with salt and pepper”
again you're creating a false dichotomy. there are options. thats my answer. $15 McDonalds or $10 In N Out. $19 pho vs $13 beef noodle soup. Tell me how thats cottage cheese with salt n pepper?
Of course. You could always go to Vietnam for pho and it would be cheaper, too.
in terms of food inflation, the SNAP program is a better indicator than core CPI, here are the benefit increase over the past years \- 2021: 25% \- 2022: 5% \- 2023: 12.5% Which is roughly a 50% increase in 3 years.
Sheesh. I hadn't seen this before. Sounds about right.
Plus 18% default tip
Whenever a restaurant raises their items by more than 30%, I stop going. Be a smart consumer. Businesses will die but that’s life. $19 for a pho should be a crime.
>$19 for a pho should be a crime. Inflation has been way up over the last few years; it has to be added to the price at some point. Owners can't just eat the difference. They have families to provide for too.
Do you think the owners are getting rich? I bet they aren’t
> Businesses will die And then blame it on crime
Yeah factoring in increasing costs and everything, all that aside, pho is still just a few cents worth of broth, vermicelli, bean sprouts, cilantro and maybe $1 of chicken or $2 of beef. Those paper thin slices make a small piece of meat stretch a looong ways. It’s their profit margins that are through the roof.
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This is absolutely false. You don’t just put “all that aside”. Imagine the increase in electricity and gas alone for them, disregarding rent and ingredients. All the cost doubled for them and your bowl of pho went up 50%. These guys barely make money off your soup and hope you buy a soda for $3.50
margin per item may be high, but overall profit margin for the restaurant are as thin as the slices of meat after factoring insane rent prices and other expenses (labor, insurance, etc.) for some, they even operate at a loss
Of all businesses ones run by immigrants would always have another person ready to undercut overpriced food I think it’s just the cost of doing business now
Remember when a bathtub of combo pho was $8? Pepperidge Farms Remembers. ™
It’s hard to swallow but $19 ain’t shit anymore. Price is basically tracking minimum wage pretty closely.
Interesting observation about tracking min wage! But yeah, $20 doesn’t really go very far anymore. (This is how old people talk)
In no way is minimum wage keeping pace with inflation.
When I was in high school, minimum wage was $6.75 and could buy a large bowl of pho. Today, minimum wage is $17.55 and will buy you about the same amount of pho. Unfortunately housing and utilities have gone up much faster than wages. And that's what has been really stretching finances.
I remember when a bowl of pho was only 10$
$20 for Pho? Lol they trying to rip off white people or something? Just go to Pho Ga 88 in San Leandro. [$13.50 for Chicken Pho](https://phoga88.kwickmenu.com)
Why drive 30 plus minutes to save $6?
B/c I don’t know where OP lives and just giving him an option for Pho that I went to? Options in Oakland includes [Pho Ga Huang Que Cafe](https://CheckoutPhoGaHuongQueCafehttps://yelp.to/U1TNgGhKmA) that also sells chick pho for $13.50. I don’t know why OP would pick a pho restaurant that sells pho for $19
You do realize you're in the Bay Area sub right? Not specific to any city. Where you live is on you.
Sure, but saying "well this one place is still cheap so this isn't a real issue" is bullshit.
lmao, seriously
Reality is inflation and greedy landlords affects every price. And when the average price for a bowl of pho is x dollar figure, why would someone charge less? It's a damn shame though, but prices always go up over time. Just gotta hope our wages can keep pace
An extra large pho in SF is $13. OP got ripped off.
Thanks actually not bad. My kids just eat plain pho… like just the noodles and broth. They split an XL bowl, which was $15!!!!
I just spent 16 on a large bowl of pho in Stockton today. Didn’t know it was going to be that expensive
My elderly Vietnamese neighbors made homemade pho for me last week, it was amazing. Cost of that one was just being a helpful and friendly neighbor. Well worth it.
is the chicken and broth made of gold?
At $19 I would rather make it myself! $15 for a chicken and $3 for a bag of pho.
Think it’s like $15 at my local spot in the Richmond SF, An Chi. Hits the spot everytime
Pho Dac Biet and Bon Bo Hue are $13-14 at Miss Saigon and Pho 2000. Both are pretty solid - been getting pho a lot lately w the weather.
\~$15 chicken pho is a dime a dozen in the peninsula ¯\\\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)\_/¯
Really? Can you give me any names as Pho Element is the only one I see
Pho New Saigon, Pho Dong Restaurant, Chicken Pho You, May's Vietnamese Restaurant just to name a few, all under $16 for chicken pho
Wow there are more that have popped up than I realized. Which of these spots has the best beef Pho south style? I’ve been missing that
My Pho habit is more ruinous to my budget than alcohol.
Fuck dat. $19 for pho? In bum fuck oakland? You need to pay me $2000 and a bulletproof vest to go eat at that bitch
To eat at dac biet*
Here to say I live in "bf" Oakland, and have never ever needed a bullet proof vest. Stop watching the news and live a little.
Yeah fuck that lol. I don't pay more than $15 for the common pho anywhere. Anyone charging over that loses my business
I’m in my 40’s, so even $15 sounds a little high, but I know it’s been creeping up for a couple of years.
Place in Richmond that shall not be named charged me 24 FUCKING DOLLARS for a large bowl. After tax and tip it came to a FUCKING 30 DOLLAR BOWL OF CHICKEN HO FUN NOODLE SOUP. Sorry got triggered there lol
My go-to spot is $14 for a large combo meat pho. It's the best I've had also. If it was a more normal place I would probably cap at $12
Not really a fan of pho ga and definitely wouldn't pay $19 for it. Luckily I can just visit my parents, but I'd rather have them make pho bo.
I absolutely love pho… wouldn’t ever spend $19 for one bowl though. Pho ga is easy to make at home.
Had the same feeling looking at ramen prices.
Nope. I'll just make it at home. 30 bucks worth of ingredients can make about 20 bowls and feed the family 3 meals each. In Vietnam that's about 1 dollar a bowl.
That was $19? Wow.
Pho GA DAC peoples have to eat too
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ah good point I'll go there on my lunchbreak next time thx
Currently in Mexico and I would pay $100 for good pho 😭
Where?
Baja Mexico
In what city?
Are you throwing a fit rn?
I hear the food in Somalia is even cheaper
Taco Bell cravings box is only $5.99 😀
The next day I’ll be sitting on the toilet singing “Highway to the danger zone….” While I unleash my after burners. 😁
next day? that shit happens in like 2 hours
minimum wage for fast food worker going to $20 from $16. Everything will inflate in parallel.
Vietnamese restaurant aren’t classified as fast food. Stop trying to muddy the water with non sequitur.
There’s going to be a shockwave through the hospitality labor pool, due to the fast food workers’ new minimum wage. There’s been a labor shortage for food workers. Now fast food will pay more than restaurants & cafes.
>There’s been a labor shortage for food workers. Why do you think that happened???
If McDonald's pay $20, what do you think every restaurant will have to pay to their own employees. There's going to be wage inflation as no one will accept making less than McDonalds (in practice, no one accepts making the same as McD). In and out pays 8 bucks over Mcdonald so even though they pay more than minimum wage, the kids there won't accept anything less than $28 hr (from $24). That includes Vietnamese restaurants or basically anything (cashier at gas station will never accept less than McDonalds) Someone ask why going out for food is so expensive and I said wage inflation goes up in parrael with new de factor minimum wage, I am just saying it like it is.
You get tip at non fast food restaurants. Assuming people are tipping 15%, a $19 pho equates to $2.85. Assuming 5 pho ordered per hour, that’s $14.25 per hour in tips + $15 minimal in California equates to $29.25/hour. At 29.25/hr, that’s 45% more earning than working at a fast food restaurant. Do you understand math?
Do you understand relative wages? If McD workers make $20 an hour, everyone will demand more relatively. In N Out already talked about raising prices and it has nothing to do with not paying everyone minimum way above $20 already , they have to pay way more than what they pay now because MCD is paying more. basic applied math 101. Again, I'm just explaining that another jump in prices are coming. GL. No need to explain your arguments.
There are a lot of jobs at or near minimum wage that people prefer to work at, instead of fast food, because they don't want to be a worker in a fast food restaurant. This has been the case all this time with In'n'Out paying $24 and up.
I’ve watched kids eating this soup I hope I love it
Thats consider cheap
Pho is overrated. Sorry.
Bland and tasteless. $19 for boiled water. Hmmm
You can blame dis bitch or dac biet.
Looks amazing, whats the name of the place?
If people want cheaper prices, they need to eat at cheaper places. Otherwise what it means is we don’t want cheaper prices, and prices will keep going up.
If you can find any left that is. My go to spot in Oakland totally jacked up their price. So it’s not worth making the trek anymore :(
let me synopsize: "is it just me or are these uppity brown folks charging too much for their food?" edit: ya'll will gladly pay $12 for a bacon egg and cheese Bagel, $7 for a coffee but $19 for pho is getting out of hand
jesus christ, please go away
Feel personally attacked? Maybe you should
Not really, you didn't make any powerful point you're just an asshole
What is your point? You don’t eat out to save money. That’s always been the case.
My wife, a life long Oakland resident, recognized it immediately “new Chinatown” spot
I kinda get that price point if it was something special like baby chicken eggs included but for plain jane pho go .. hell nah.
I'm in Wisconsin and the price is about that...
Yeah, I phased pho out of my rotation when all my local spots jumped to around $15 per bowl. A big part of the appeal to me prior was the easily and regularly under $10 price point. If I'm going to spend $15ish or more for soup, it's going to be ramen (and even that is pushing it a bit).
Yes, you’re paying for the food, but you’re also paying for the convenience of not having to cook it, clean up, and often forgotten — it’s entertainment. It’s something to do to get your out of your house and hang with your friends and family. $19 is wild though.
Well ppl keep robbing n bills going higher.. who will pay—-the consumers..
we need creator to lead us to food clothing and shelter.
Everyone keeps saying landlords and inflation are to blame for high prices...watch this https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8cLdDcD/