Last Tuesday after our Tues/FG ride, Erin and Carl and I decided to go get something to eat and a beer. Where to go?
Hmm, someone said "Let's go to Sleder's." I've been going there for bean soup for 40 years, hadn't been there for a while, so we all agreed and off we went.
Talking and laughing about the ride while we ordered, we were having a good time. Carl ordered a Newcastle and I said the same. Erin ordered an appetizer like fried mushrooms or something and we each ordered a burger and fries or onion rings. We glanced through the menu - I remember seeing 1/3 lb Olive Burger $7.50 and thought that looked good. The food came, we wolfed it down, laughing about all the times I'd taken them down to the skatepark in Kalamazoo when they were in Junior High (both 25 now) and about Spencer breaking his collarbone, etc.
So eventually we're done and the bill comes and it's 68 bucks !!!! (and some change)
I'm looking at it and they say "what's wrong?" I pass the bill and we all look at amazement at the totals. Mind you this is your basic 1890 bar/restaurant with stuffed animals on the walls, century-old bar front, and the same table and chairs as been here since I first had luch here in 1971 or so.
Yup:
Newcastle - $7
Olive Burger - %7.50
Deluxe - $4 EXTRA
Fries - $4 EXTRA
We coulda gone to 20 other (nicer) places in town Patisserie Ami, Stella, name it and we could have had way better for $5 less - mind you his was basic burger, fries, and a beer.
What's that kinda stuff cost where you live?
Fuck Sleder's is what I say
