Re:$100 Hamburger
by djmips on Saturday June 14, 2025 @03:49AM
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I mean it's 2025 and real hamburgers are edging up in price so that $100 hamburger isn't thaat far away.
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Finally, we managed to progress enough as a civilization that you no longer need to fly somewhere to get a $100 hamburger.
Re:$100 Hamburger
by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday June 14, 2025 @05:27AM
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There’s a number of “boutique burger” places around here, where the burgers start at $20, and most diners charge $16 for a normal burger. I hear that NYC can get downright crazy.
Non-NY fast food places have gotten close to or breached $10 for the burger.
I still remember the “six dollar burger” at CJ.
Re:$100 Hamburger
by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday June 14, 2025 @09:13AM
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When I was a teenager, I was in a boarding school (1975 or so).
When we went on trips, we’d get $2 for lunch.
At McDonald’s, I could get 6 cheeseburgers and a Coke for that (I was a teen. I had no problem, eating them all).
That's like >$10 in today's money. Significantly more than I would give kids for lunch today
5 EUR (about $1 in 1975) is about the cost of a Döner Kebab which is more than enough for a teenager
Probably depends on the city, but where I'm from it's difficult (but probably not completely impossible) to get a Döner for 5€ :(
Re:$100 Hamburger
by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday June 15, 2025 @11:55AM
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> more than enough for a teenager
You watched any teenage boys eating, recently?
I assume a doner is about the same as a gyro sandwich, around here (usually $7-$10).
A good teenager can shovel down two of them, easy.
There's this $5000 hamburger: https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/
Looking at the photo at https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/#9f8739e7-f637-4e4..., it seems like the person eating the EUR 5,000 burger doesn't have enough money (or taste?) left to buy a decent beer to go with it.