$200 for any meal is crazy expensive (unless you're feeding a table of 6). There are obviously way more expensive places out there but if I go for a rare and fancy meal for 2 it's usually under $150. And that's not a normal dining experience, because it is not seen as cheap. Cracker barrel breakfast is way more food for less than McDonald's (which is actually expensive these days).

If you make the federal minimum wage in the US, you likely qualify for government assistance to supplement your income for buying groceries in the form of what was once called "food stamps". We have large employers taking advantage of that by instructing their own employees to sign up for those benefits when they hire them, in the hopes that they then spend that food assistance at the place they work (Walmart). Effectively making our taxpayers supplement the poor wages the employer pays their employees, and turning that supplementation into their own income. The US is a grifter's paradise if you're part of the in-group.