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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Derp. Missed where it said it was for lunch.
Although to reflect upon that purely as an aside, why do we expect that lunch will always cost less than dinner? Is it because we have less time for lunch so pick things that are faster to eat, order fewer items, etc? I've never really thought about it before, but you could spend the same amount at The Keg for lunch as you could for dinner, as an example, so where does the expectation come from?
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I think it is twofold, one is the time factor as mentioned so you don't order all of the courses you would do at supper. The second is portion size - while you can order a 12 oz NY strip for lunch and 8 oz NY strip is still a pretty big portion for lunch. So as food cost of the meal decreases so does the menu cost. Also having to go back to work should reduce alcohol consumption at bit.
Restraunts will also charge less for the same thing at lunch likely based on our perception that lunch should be cheaper.