My response to restaurant prices going up, up and away is not to eat out less, but to vary my diet with bargains. They still exist; you just have to keep your eyes open. Some recent sleuthing netted a multicourse steak dinner for less than $40 — in Washington, no less; a Nicaraguan spread that could have been two meals for $20; and a jaunt to Vietnam via a filling bowl of pho for about the cost of a movie ticket.
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