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by ZeroConcerns 169 days ago
So, ehhm, yeah, I sort-of question the data in this article. A US$5.50 burrito in Downtown SF in 2014? Nah... even Taco Bell takeout was already more expensive than that at the time.

Also: sure, some places overdo it on the pricing: I distinctly remember walking out of a Rotterdam (somewhere in The Netherlands) establishment due to them charging 25 Euros for a lunch sandwich, like 2 decades ago, despite this not being a fancy place at all. No inflation in sight, just greed and/or an inability to read the target audience...
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9x39 169 days ago
They said they used Yelp photos, which seem like you can verify this.

Here's one from 2014, $5.50 https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taqueria-canc%C3%BAn-san-fra...

Here's one from 2015, $6.99 https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taqueria-canc%C3%BAn-san-fra...

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ZeroConcerns 169 days ago
Yeah, I did in fact read the original article, and the glossy (unreadable) and undated photographs did not convince me. Therefore, the Taco Bell comparison, and the rest of my comment.
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Aloisius 169 days ago
I used to eat there regularly. It had been $4.99 for years and jumped to to $5.50 in 2014.

$5.50 - dated March 14, 2014: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taqueria-cancun-san-francisc...

$5.50 - dated February 28, 2014: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taqueria-cancun-san-francisc...

Mind, that's a regular burrito and it was one of the cheaper ones in SF. El Farolito was around $6 at the time. La Taqueria started at $8 for people who liked to splurge. El Papolote's yuppie burritos were like $10.

The price at Taqueria Cancun jumped again in 2014 iirc after La Taqueria won best burrito in the US normalized the higher price and got them some press (Taqueria Cancun was in one of the final brackets).

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