Price of breakfast in your town?

snow
snow Posts: 4,337
edited September 2010 in The Clubhouse
I went and had breakfast at a local family restaurant /diner yesterday for the first time in years and was amazed at the prices, I had two eggs bisquits & gravy and coffee for $10.75 add a tip and your at $13.00

I rarely eat out anywhere so I guess it took me by surprise that prices had risen so much, of course I rememember Sambos having all you can drink coffee for a nickel too and hamburgers for a quarter and steaks for two bucks.

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Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited September 2010
    snow wrote: »
    I went and had breakfast at a local family restaurant /diner yesterday for the first time in years and was amazed at the prices, I had two eggs bisquits & gravy and coffee for $10.75 add a tip and your at $13.00

    I rarely eat out anywhere so I guess it took me by surprise that prices had risen so much, of course I rememember Sambos having all you can drink coffee for a nickel too and hamburgers for a quarter and steaks for two bucks.

    REGARDS SNOW

    DAMN, how old are you man?
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited September 2010
    Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

    I can get that any time of the day or night too.

    Nothing like a real Jersey diner!
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited September 2010
    mole' wrote: »
    DAMN, how old are you man?
    Well I still have a few pics of me and methesula playing together as kids that should give you a hint ;)
    anonymouse wrote: »
    that was a cheap breakfast
    Ok so how much at your local diner?
    Jstas wrote: »
    Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

    I can get that any time of the day or night too.

    Nothing like a real Jersey diner!
    Sounds like I need to move to Jersey :)



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,066
    edited September 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

    I can get that any time of the day or night too.

    Nothing like a real Jersey diner!

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  • blakeh
    blakeh Posts: 491
    edited September 2010
    We have a few great places in town where you could get two eggs, biscuits & gravy with coffee for less than $7.

    The last time my girlfriend and I went out for breakfast, I had a three egg ham, cheese, and mushroom omlette with American fries, two silver dollar pancakes and a large orange juice while she had a three egg white omlette with salsa, wheat toast, American fries and coffee. Our total was $13.50 (without tip).
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    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

    I can get that any time of the day or night too.

    Nothing like a real Jersey diner!

    Yeah, same here. I can do Waffle House for <$8 w/tip and eat well.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited September 2010
    We have a 8.99 all you can eat buffet. I'm talking a pound of bacon, sausage, waffles, pancakes, toast, fruit and 12 eggs if you want. May go in the morning now that you reminded me.

    Oh yea, and Grits, too.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited September 2010
    Snow - considering the normal Alaskan price differential I don't think your breakfast was that bad and is comparative with Anchorage/Sterling/Seldotna.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited September 2010
    dkg999 wrote: »
    Snow - considering the normal Alaskan price differential I don't think your breakfast was that bad and is comparative with Anchorage/Sterling/Seldotna.
    It must be because im a cheap old bastage then :) I keep forgetting that prices rise especially since I dont ever eat out.

    Mole seemed a lttle surprised when I told him what prices used to be, of course I remember being surprised by my father telling me stories of going to the local bakery and buying a loaf of bread for 1/2 cent and a extra large loaf of bread with a candy cane on top for a full cent. Now days the semi decent brands at the store are $5.00 a loaf.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,953
    edited September 2010
    All depends on where ya go I guess. Cheap breakfast can be found almost anywhere. You Georgia guys, is Mammies still there outside of Atlanta in the sticks ? Heart attack on a platter but good. I dig those small greasy spoon joints for breakfast.
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited September 2010
    Local diner will serve breakfast from 4am to 11am.
    They give you a choice. Wake up meal for $5.25 moose meal 6.95 and the loggers delite for $9.

    Tons of choices for each, sort of like a pick and choose. Really good food I ate there once when I had worked in the potato fields for Harvest.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited September 2010
    It depends.

    I know a couple of plces that heve decent breakfast specials for under 5 bucks. On the other hand, I know some places that 10 bucks or more is the going price.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited September 2010
    From the local diner's website

    Sunday 6am-11am breakfast buffet $6.99
    Weekdays 6am-11am Omlettes served with homefries and toast $1.99
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited September 2010
    15 bucks for eggs, sausage, pancakes with side of OJ out here.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

    I can get that any time of the day or night too.

    Nothing like a real Jersey diner!

    Jersey has some great diners. However, there is this little greezy spoon on RT 30 (Lancaster Pike) in Frazer, PA. It's a little tiny joint with maybe six tables and a counter. I guarantee you that for under seven or eight bucks, you will be so full, even a big guy like you SNOW, that you will fall asleep at your desk at work.

    It's a classic old time diner with homemade practically anything and the portions are huge.

    My favorite there was "Dean's SOS Special" which was any toast cubed (three slices) you like (I always ordered rye toast) cover with three fried eggs, and completely smothered with cream chip beef. You got a choice of two sides of meat (I always ordered scrapple and ham) all the coffee you could drink with juice and they offered more toast free for pushing the slop onto your fork and for sopping up the left over egg yolk and SOS. There's more but it slips my mind since it's been a while since I've been there.

    Here what it looks like! Actually they've modernized it a bit but it's always packed every day until they close at 11:00 AM IIRC. Scroll down it's a blast from the past. Oh yeah one more thing, they make milkshakes (yep at breakfast) that will bring tears of memories to your eyes.

    http://retroroadmap.com/2010/07/11/frazer-diner-frazer-pa-we-did-not-eat-here-today-but-you-should/
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited September 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Jersey has some great diners. However, there is this little greezy spoon on RT 30 (Lancaster Pike) in Frazer, PA. It's a little tiny joint with maybe six tables and a counter. I guarantee you that for under seven or eight bucks, you will be so full, even a big guy like you SNOW, that you will fall asleep at your desk at work.

    It's a classic old time diner with homemade practically anything and the portions are huge.

    My favorite there was "Dean's SOS Special" which was any toast cubed (three slices) you like (I always ordered rye toast) cover with three fried eggs, and completely smothered with cream chip beef. You got a choice of two sides of meat (I always ordered scrapple and ham) all the coffee you could drink with juice and they offered more toast free for pushing the slop onto your fork and for sopping up the left over egg yolk and SOS. There's more but it slips my mind since it's been a while since I've been there.

    Here what it looks like! Actually they've modernized it a bit but it's always packed every day until they close at 11:00 AM IIRC. Scroll down it's a blast from the past. Oh yeah one more thing, they make milkshakes (yep at breakfast) that will bring tears of memories to your eyes.

    http://retroroadmap.com/2010/07/11/frazer-diner-frazer-pa-we-did-not-eat-here-today-but-you-should/
    Looks like you had the **** on a shingle I had the cr*p on a crumpet :p

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2010
    snow wrote: »
    Looks like you had the **** on a shingle I had the cr*p on a crumpet :p

    REGARDS SNOW

    Hehehe! On thing I miss up here; when I was in GA at Ted's Polkfest, every food joint you went to (my favorites were the Waffle House & Cracker Barrel) had biscuits smothered in sausage gravy and great grits. Man I was in heaven despite the heat and humidity.

    I think the biscuits and sausage gravy is the South's answer to **** on a shingle. I love both!
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited September 2010
    A local West Columbia restaraunt sells a breakfast of two eggs, two strips of bacon, a sausage patty, grits (or hashbrowns for the occasional visiting Yankee) and biscuit or toast for $3.75. Haven't seen a lower priced breakfast anywhere.
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 767
    edited September 2010
    Although I havn't been there for a little while, I used to take the family to the Pensburgh Diner for their early bird breakfast special. For $3 They would serve 2eggs any style, your choice of breakfast meat (I love scrapple), homefried hashbrowns (crispy), Toast (white, wheat, or rye), and a realy good cup of coffee (all you can drink)! If you remembered to ask, they'd give you a bowl of Bauman's apple butter (The Best ever!). For the kids they'd substitute milk or juice with no additional charge. The food was always hot, and the service was fantastic!
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited September 2010
    skipf wrote: »
    A local West Columbia restaraunt sells a breakfast of two eggs, two strips of bacon, a sausage patty, grits (or hashbrowns for the occasional visiting Yankee) and biscuit or toast for $3.75. Haven't seen a lower priced breakfast anywhere.

    And the name of this place would be....?:confused:
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited September 2010
    You guys are making me hungry stop!! :p



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited September 2010
    There's a solid diner near where I used to live that would serve monster dinner-plate sized flapjacks for a $1.29 a piece. Throw some eggs and bacon and you'd be out about $5 and enough to feed two.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited September 2010
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    Amen!!! Jersey diners are the cat's meow!!!! ;)

    But hopefully no other parts of the cat :eek: :D
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