I only ever go to a proper, sit-down restaurant like twice a year. Earlier in the spring, my dad got paid a reasonable amount for a big job so he took us both out for dinner at a average family restaurant. We each had some pasta with garlic bread.

After both meals, associated taxes, and tip were tallied up the bill was nearly $70CAD. For 2 pasta dishes in a casual restaurant.

I could not imagine paying those prices with any sort of frequency. Holy crap.

A little more than half (51 per cent) of millennials make a purchase from a restaurant at least once a week, followed by 47 per cent of Gen Z

I remember when I was growing up our family had a restaurant meal only on special occasions. Maybe only 4-5 times a year max.

Except when I was traveling for work, that's remained my typical pattern for most of my life

Who are these rich people who are eating out weekly?

Life is shit everywhere. Thanks Trump!

And thanks to you too, MAGA asshats.

stop buying avocado toast to buy a house

stops spending

why are stopping your spending, the economy needs to function

I make sure to eat out once a week but that’s just to keep my wife happy.

This is a weird headline. Like eating out is a normal thing to do, we see it come up on the calendar and are just like "Nah, let's skip paying more for food today."

Cost of living drives 3 in 4 Canadians to skip eating out

More accurate?

I've probably scaled back but I'm not skipping out entirely. Just a little bit more strategic about when and where. Dining out with family and friends is one of the things I really value.

I guess I'm part of the group that eats out at least once a week: the $1.64 hot dog and pop.

I kinda call bullshit on this. Toronto has a massive amount of food delivery traffic that was not there a decade ago.