Guests are given menus without prices, hosts may receive priced menus.
A special porterhouse steak was ordinary and not worth its $37 price, which was $8 more than the highest priced entree on the menu.
The highest priced entree on the written menu is $29.
The filet mignon, the menu's highest priced entree ($22.95), was an exception.
ONE restaurant is quiet and soothingly lighted, with a high-priced menu offering sweetbreads and beef-cheek gnocchi and oat-and-dill-crusted branzino.
With all that you might expect high prices on the menu, but the sauerkraut, dumplings, sausages, mashed potatoes and meat, are quite cheap.
And for diners wanting to avoid the excessive portions some other restaurants find necessary to justify high prices, Cafe Mirage's menu lists a handful of dishes available in small portions.
(REUTERS CHIPOTLEE MEXICAN GRILL reported earnings well above estimates, helped by warm weather, lower food costs and higher prices on menu items made with naturally raised chicken and beef.
It said that raising entry-level wages would mean higher overall costs, which could result in higher prices on menus.
High prices and high quality fare mark a menu that showcases accomplished cooking.
Grappolo Locanda's name suggests a neighborhood trattoria, but the décor, menu and high prices suggest the place has ambitions to be more than a local joint.
