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  TS> From: tejas@infi.net (Ted Samsel)

  TS> discussed is why do East Coast food mavens & critics think that any
  TS> thing under $13.00 is "inexpensive"? Huh?

I am not sure; maybe it's all us fogies who can remember the days that $10
bought a fine dinner, including a drink.  Well, at least a pretty good dinner,
wine extra.

I think the tendency of rating systems and critics to refer to only the top
third (quarter, whatever) of restaurants as "expensive," and to always refer to
the least expensive third as "inexpesive," is why prices have continued to
rise.  Serious inflation stopped six or eight years ago, as I recall.  Only the
least expensive of the "inexpensive" places meets /my/ criteria for inexpensive
dining.

I don't have this problem with the high end.  I agree entirely with every
rating that calls a place "expensive."  So I shouldn't be completely unhappy
with the system!