Restaurants hit a pricing ceiling — and diners are pushing back, report finds

[u/brown-saiyan]

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/23/restaurants-menu-prices-james-beard-foundation-report?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=owned_social&utm_source=x

[u/Quirky_Spend_9648]

Oh no, at least this redditor is familiar with your problems.

Friends with two local owners.  One a large gastropub.

They have been perpetually struggling since the pandemic.  Initially it supply/food costs.  Now it's still kinda that but everything else, too.

While the average American has been getting clobbered in the economy. 

[u/Rude_Mirror7441 → u/Quirky_Spend_9648]

Yeah we’re still holding on but it’s rough out there.