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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)

wow, 1/3 lb is small, I prefer to go to McDo they have the bigger 1/4lb burger!!

/s

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Truly the American way.

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 71 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Imagine being the richest person on earth and best you can come up with for a new restaurant is the most boring menu at ridiculous prices.

Edit: To be fair tho, gonna need a source on this. Since OP hasn’t provided a link or anything.

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Its a diner menu. He opened a Friendly's. The menu is standard diner options. Prices are also standard market prices.

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Ridiculous prices? This is pretty much normal in my area, which isn't one of the most expensive places in the country. Boring ass menu though

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was about to say the same, but then realized that none of the entrees include fries. $14 for a burger and fries is not unexpected at your average sports bar, but without fries for a plain Jane burger? I don’t know what the market is like in LA …

But $12 for four strips of bacon is outrageous, and $5 for this cookie is a slap in the face

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[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Damn. Poor USians. Y’all are getting scammed for shitty food 😭

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

Yes, we are.

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[–] kn33@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 17 points 1 week ago

Fuck they’ve actually created a Nazi Cyberpunk Diner.

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[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Yo that's $13 for a hot dog" - Macklemore

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[–] moonlight@fedia.io 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Tesla Burger and Epic Bacon. Very cool, Elon...

He really has the naming skills of an 8 year old.

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I would never go because Elon is associated with it, but otherwise it's kind of unremarkable. I've seen big chain restaurants with similar prices in the area. My biggest gripe is is that kid's burger is the same price as the adult burger.

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The kids grilled cheese (which is literally just bread and American cheese) is also $13

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

The adult grilled cheese is cheaper!

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Obviously the "just price everything at what we think people will pay" strategy.

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[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why they fuck would you take one of the most expensive sources of beef (Wagyu) and make chili out of it?

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because it sounds nice? Literally, zero chance that is actually wagyu. It would be inedible due to the fat.

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Wagyu is still just a type of cow and if you aren’t eating expensive graded cuts it’s not that much more expensive than angus. It’s still pointless to eat in a chili as the whole advantage of it is the marbling

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[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yalls care too much about billionaires. This is entirely irrelevant to me. Who cares?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Buddy the community is called mildly interesting. As in not very interesting. The point is they don't really care about it.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 week ago

The Boring Restaurant

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Remarkably unremarkable

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Insipid menu.

Not a lot of things here I don't already make at home.

Making chili out of premium beef seems a waste.

Anyone with 2 kids would buy an adult burger and fries and split it between the kids.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Making chili out of premium beef seems a waste.

Indeed. 99% of the point of chili is that you can use the lowest grade stuff and it doesn't matter because it just cooks down and gets loaded with spices. Not that I would expect a multicentibillionaire to care about food economy

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It still most likely is the lowest grade stuff, just with bits of leftover Wagyu tossed in just so they can call it Wagyu chili.

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[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Surprisingly reasonable for a slightly upscale LA joint. Only issue is ... who the fuck in their right mind would waste actual Wagyu beef in some chili? You can put almost any beef in chili, nobody will notice because it's fully submersed in a stew that tastes like chili. So why use the most expensive beef on the planet for it? Unless it's just fake Wagyu, which tbf, I guess it probably is at that price point. Still a dumb marketing gimmick to anyone that knows anything about beef.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Restaurants, industry wide have done what Weinerschnitzel has done for decades:

Take the unused/unpurchased cooked meats and put them into a container in the refrigerator. The next day, grind them up and put them in those stews and chillis.

It saves money actually.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They're not serving Wagyu anywhere else on their menu, that I recall seeing anyway.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He still doesn't understand who his base is...

No one who wants organic food or can pay those prices likes Musk still

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Does he even have a base anymore? Who hasn't he pissed off?

[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's weird seeing so many people defending these prices. Their arguments are all I'm getting scammed like this at other places so therefore it's not a scam here. Y'all paying $14 for a Smashburger with no sides y'all getting fucking scammed and shouldn't be paying for it anywhere.

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[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 13 points 1 week ago

They should be fucking arrested for wasting Wagyu beef in a chili.

[–] Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm seeing the parking lot as a cybertruck meetup, lol

Might be why he’s doing it. Those sad acts would go for this.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He really doesn't hire graphic designers, does he?

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[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why is the kid's grilled cheese $4 more than the adult one? Just because they cut the crust?

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[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Da fuck is New School American Cheese?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 10 points 1 week ago

Neoliberal cheese. It takes all the milk from the cow and leaves nothing left.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Makes you wonder if the ovens will explode like his cars and rockets

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

You have to be dumber than a bag of rocks to be a fanboy of a corporate douche. They're mostly tolerable at best.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?"

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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"all day breakfast" do you see that McDonald's? Donyou see it? That's how to do it.

I don't know what's wrong with the McDonald's breakfast procedure, but McMuffins apparently takes a lot of time. I ordered 8 one time, to feed the family, and the teen went seriously? I can only make 4 at a time, so it's going to take a while

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[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

How long till it burns down?

[–] caesaravgvstvs@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

"Excuse me waiter, from which minority do you source these meats?"

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