[latchkey]

Every other week my dad and some of his friends go out to dinner on thursday. Each time a different person picks the restaurant and buys. This week was my turn. I picked a nice steak house that recently changed owners and completely remodeled. It is local to where I live and has been getting good reviews. It was expensive and on the upper end, so the ~$350 bill for 4 people didn't really come as too much of a surprise.

One of us ordered steak and what surprised me most was that his plate came completely bare with just a lob of steak on it. Not even a tiny bit of garnish to decorate the plate with. I tried a bit of the steak and it was delicious, so maybe they just expected it to speak for itself, or was that a result of inflation? You tell me.

[amscanne]

Isn’t that how high end steak houses always organize their menu? The sides are typically separate from the steak itself and ordered a la carte. (I’m no steak house expert, but had a similar experience a couple of times and learned how it works.)

[latchkey]

Yea... the a la carte came on a separate smaller plate. I just have never seen a big plate with nothing else on it.

[kurupt213]

There’s normally a piece of kale for garnish…

[thematrixturtle]

Steak houses charging separately for sides has always been a thing.