“A $600 suckling pig? A $435 tomahawk steak? A $260 turbot filet?”
Good times for the “lucky” few.
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I remember taking a group of friends to The Breslin for their suckling pig. It was mos def not $600.
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From the article: "Ms. Duchene said she moved to the United States partly because of the challenges of turning a profit in Europe, where high-quality ingredients are expensive but diners are frugal.
“Here, the more expensive it is, the faster it sells.”
So it’s a take on the theme of “A fool and his money are soon parted”?
But THIS pissed me off: "And I think a lot of people are just getting it for the photo, and it gets thrown out.” 
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“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.”
ETA: slapping Petrossian on chicken nuggets just screams c-l-a-s-s-y, doesn’t it? 
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Ugh, this is sad. But it happens and people are free to spend their money as they wish.
I try to focus on all the people who are gainfully employed by such ventures. Servers, cooks, porters, farmers, truck drivers. Not to mention the tradespeople who were well paid to build out the space.
So while I won’t be patronizing such places, they exist and I hope the people that work there make a good living.
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While $600 is a lot, I don’t think a $600 suckling pig is expensive for a decent restaurant in an expensive neighborhood. I recall even five years ago a takeout suckling pig from a Filipino takeout shop in a working class neighborhood was about $250-300. And one of these can serve like 20 people.
If a table of 4 orders a suckling pig, then that’s another story.
A lot of these menu items are for expense account dining. Goldman isn’t taking Anthropic out to Di Fara for dinner if they are trying to get the IPO.
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The Breslin suckling pig was $65 a person, but I don’t remember how many we were… eight, maybe?
Of course, I’ve never dined on anyone’s expense accounts. Not my world.
For my nieces college graduation party another uncle got a suckling pig from a Filipino Lechon roaster. $600 sounds about right but it was huge, took up a dining table.. Roaster said the smaller pigs go fast, are more desirable, tender, a delicacy, and thus cost more. $600 for a small pig doesn’t sound crazy in that context. $435 for a tomahawk steak sounds crazier.
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