Tuesday, August 20

 
Bob Greene and the $74 Steak

What's Bob cheesed off about now? A restaurant in Washington, D.C., that sells a Kobe-beef steak for $74. He doesn't talk about what cut of meat it is - a rib-eye? Sirloin? Tenderloin? - just that the price seems pretty high in these days when people are seeing their net worths evaporate along with their jobs and their optimism. Bob wonder, where does one find this steak? The answer in this story is Washington, D.C., and Bob lets the implications fly (your Congressman eats high on the hog, sort of, while the rest of us trudge to McDonald's). You probably could find the same steak for a price in the same neighborhood - this is Kobe beef, imported from Japan, where the cattle get daily massages, live a stress-free life, mostly, and get fed a special diet - in Chicago. No comparisons drawn between congressmen and aldermen. Oh, and Bob's also mad about having to pay $5.75 for a bottle of water presumably from the minibar. Walk over to the sink and get a glass for free, he sputters.
posted by Unknown 10:29 AM