[shroomgirl]

If you take wine or alcohol in general out of the equation it's a much lower ticket at the end of the night.

Now I remember why I don't go on vacation often, I'm too busy eating out......

[indianwells]

$450 for 4 at K-Pauls Louisiana Kitchen about 4 years ago. Wine and 3 courses. His blackened Drumfish with mashed potatoes was a dish i'll take to my grave. Well, the taste of it anyway.

[greenawalt87]

Back in the 70`s for me to spend $100 to $150 for two for an evening dinning and drinking was nothing. Now I would rather go by the food and enjoy it at home. There are tooo many rip pff now adays

[allie]

The most expensive meal I've ever eaten was sadly at Lonestar Steakhouse in Indianapolis. It was definitely not my choice but we were with family and it was a Sunday evening and nothing else was open in that particular area of the city. The total for 2 adults and one child came to $130 which I thought was ridiculous when we had absolutely nothing I could not have made at home for under $40, fed the three of us and still had leftovers for lunch!

I'm a cheapskate I guess but I'd much rather take that money and go to the grocery store or travel to a larger area and go to a more upscale store and buy anything I want then come home and experiment!

[theloggg]

Ate at The French Laundry a couple years ago. My portion of the bill, FOR LUNCH, after tax and tip was $430.

[lisacutri]

we were on our honey moon in indonesia just this last month and we splurged on the credit card! $400 for two people including drinks. That may not sound like much but it's hard to rack up that sort of bill in Indonesia! Needless to say it was amazing sitting on the beach sipping fresh margharitas watching the sunset! i had the most amazing blue crab consume for a starter and my new hubby had stuffed zuchhini flowers followed up by some amazing fresh fish salmon and kingfish! Mind you we did go out the next night and sat right in the sand drinking dollar beers and had the freshest snapper that i have ever had BBQ in front of you for an amazing $6 per person! we went back three more times!
Isn't it fuuny how you don't think twice about spending so much money if it is a 'special' ocasion, but if i went to the supermarket and had to fork over $400 in one go i might think twice!

[Jzone]

about $400 Canadian at Lumiere in Vancouver BC for 2 of us. (not including tip)

That was for the Chefs tasting menu with wine flight. Definitely worth it, still the best meal I've ever had.

Had many close to that price now and none have compared.

[AllanMcPherson]

For me, a tie:

Signatures, at LCB Ottawa. Pushing $500 for two. We had the full tasting menu with wine selections by course.

About the same cost was Maple, in Halifax when When Chef Smith was there. Again the tasting and wine menu.

Both truely astounding. I think I would give Signatures the edge, just because the wine selections were just as exciting as the food.

--Al

[scotty]

My then girlfriend and I went to Key West in 1972 and while there asked a local person where a good, romantic restaurant was. He directed us to one and we went. I do not remember the name but it was on the water and had it's own dock for yachts. Big yachts. Very romantic setting. All the waiters had long hair pulled back in ponytails and wore white shorts and white shirts - kinda weird. While I was still looking around my girlfriend picked up her menu and said, "This is weird - there are no prices listed". I picked up mine and mine did have prices listed and my eyes probably popped out when I saw them. I don't even remember what we had but it was great. Bill was about $200.00 before tip and we only had one glass of wine each. We found out later that this place was known for catering to the rich and famous who liked to dock their yachts and dine.

I have spent more on dinner for two (with more wine) since then but I think about how much $200.00 in 1972 would be in today's dollars. A lot.