[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by OpusX1

Wow, never spent $50 for a dinner out for two
$52 for a meal out that include two alcoholic beverages, a appitzer, and two entrees is normal and on the less expensive side, with tip it was $65. Just going to 5 guys runs close to $20. Remember we had two separate entrees so if we cooked at home we would have had to make a meatloaf and a chicken pot pie. For us that's a joy of eating out, order hat you want, no prep, people wait on you and no clean up.
We eat about 75 percent of our dinners at home. When we have steak it's almost always at home because there are no good steaks to be had in TV. Same with seafood, fish is the easiest thing to cook at home. A good tuna steak around 8 ounces cost $5 at fresh market, make a mango, peach and jalapeño salsa and we have a great dinner for less than $10 pp that would cost close To $40 pp at Lopez and ours is much better.

You sure are right about steaks and seafood. When it comes to them in The Villages there is no place like the home grill.

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[Doro22]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

Like Madeleine, we only go out to eat what we don't do at home--we would never go out to eat--mac & cheese, meatloaf, burgers, and breakfast

Not rocket science to cook any breakfast item==we primarily go out for fish and prime rib-- and barbecue, sushi

Me too!

[asianthree]

We have a hard time spending money on a glass of wine that costs more money than the whole bottle retail. And than it's unlikely I am going to buy a cheap wine anyway

[Skip]

Originally Posted by asianthree

We have a hard time spending money on a glass of wine that costs more money than the whole bottle retail. And than it's unlikely I am going to buy a cheap wine anyway

Bring your own and pay the corkage fee - if any.

Skip

[Chatbrat]

When they charge a corkage fee do they give you a kiss--the only place in TV that allowed the corkage fee to the best of my knowledge was Hemmingways ,their fee was was just $10.00

[Aloha1]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

What this discussion really comes down to is that we are all basically the same ...............

So far the majority of us go out for what we don't want to cook at home or that we cannot cook at home, and we stay home for what we can cook and enjoy in our own homes.

Life is good.

And sometimes we go out just for the heck of it because we want to/can

[Henryk]

Bonny, I see you've been to Guy's twice--that we KNOW about. Tell me, please, how were the lines to get in?

[Trayderjoe]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

What this discussion really comes down to is that we are all basically the same ...............

So far the majority of us go out for what we don't want to cook at home or that we cannot cook at home, and we stay home for what we can cook and enjoy in our own homes.

Life is good.

Amen to that!

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Henryk

Bonny, I see you've been to Guy's twice--that we KNOW about. Tell me, please, how were the lines to get in?

The line comes and goes. We've been there 4 times. No long line about 4:00 but it got longer the closer it got to 5:00, but it was going pretty quick.

[Annie01]

Originally Posted by jerrylbell

his location in nyc (near times square if i recall) got pretty mediocre reviews. Here's hoping that bonny's review is an indication that this will be a better fit for tv than for nyc!

just left there...the food was nothing special..the gal next to me had the salmon..overpriced and just so so...nothing to brag about...i guess they copied too jays for the sandwiches...huge...other than that just normal...don/t know what all the hype was about...the food is just so so from the people i spoke to steaks for $26...which ruined the other place before this...no one is going to get that !!! Time will tell....

[Chatbrat]

Same ownership--different title--without good happy hour prices on top shelf --they're not going to attract people who want to spend $26.00/entree--not in TV

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

Same ownership--different title--without good happy hour prices on top shelf --they're not going to attract people who want to spend $26.00/entree--not in TV

Not the same ownership.

[CowBubba]

Originally Posted by Bonny

Not the same ownership.

Correct. Our realtor told us that ownership changed.

[CowBubba]

Just talked to my neighbors that had dinner on Friday. They were excited about how good it was and his entry was 12 dollars and hers was 14. We will try it this week
K.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

$52.00 in this day and age is not expensive 2 entrees @ $15.00 ea. 2 beverages @ $5.00 ea and tip voila $50.00+

Most of the time we split a meal or we do a 2 for $20/$25 and drink water/ice tea. Again, to each their own. Food to us is just that - food. It doesn't matter whether a couple gets a hamburger from McDonald's or a $52 dollar meal from wherever, the end byproduct is still the same.