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Recently got Mission BBQ (chain BBQ joint) after not having gone in a while, and got 3 miniature slices of brisket, a tiny cup of mac & cheese and a piece of cornbread that was MAYBE 1 square inch and that shit was like $22. It’s been a bit, but the price to product ratio was way worse than the last time I visited.
I don’t know which hipster BBQ place started the trend of giving you a thimble of food for mid-high tier sit-down restaurant prices, but they can fuck all the way off.
Mission had to be one of the worst places I've ever been. Super expensive, not good food, and every inch of the place is covered in bootlicker propaganda. Would NEVER go back.
i don't understand it because surely they could just give you a reasonable amount of food without markedly affecting their profit margins? do they really think they'll maintain a customer base when they serve a fifth of a meal?
pizzerias over here have it figured out: sure you can charge a lot if that's what it takes to survive as a business, but then you also make sure to give people like 1.5 meals worth of food, then it actually feels worth it and people won't chafe at the idea of giving you patronage.
Agreed on all points. To be honest, I don’t really even care that portions are smaller, just don’t charge me more for less (the ol shrinkflation bit). You’re absolutely right about the patronage thing too, they’ll get me once with the bullshit, but never twice. It’s just not a forward thinking way to handle a business.