Food Network was at its PRIME in the 2000s. These shows were part of my childhood. We will never get shows like these again. The only other channel we can actually get good cooking shows is PBS.
RU-vid destroyed them. The Food Channel and many other networks were corrupt and only hired people who were connected or in their little club. Once RU-vid became a thing, you didn't need to deal with cable anymore and you could make whatever you wanted and not have to worry about catering to some restaurant that paid a lot to promote you or a certain dish. They're obsolete and dying. Oh yeah, they basically made it the Guy Fieri Channel, which didn't help.
I mean even back then the show fudged the numbers some to fit the "$40 dollars a day" theme... However, if they included gas, decent tips/above average tips, full meals etc.. this trip even in 2003 would have been closer to $100 so with the ~70% inflations since 2003 plus the higher tip on the base amount your $250 is pretty spot on LOL.
It's about $70 today which is right. You have to factor in the restaurants that started jacking up prices because they felt they could get away with it. I think this was before the Austin BBQ trend, so these people were just making BBQ and praying they would make enough money every day. Now, they do gangbuster business and keep raising prices.
As a native Austinite, seeing this is so weird. It's cringey as-hell, but still interesting to see. Of all the restaurants...only The Salt Lick is still open because it's still so renowned. Cafe Josie closed years ago. Though I only ate there once for much with my mom and thought it was "meh". The Taco Express restaurant closed even longer ago. But it still exists as a little trailer. Austin is a shell of it's former self. Cost of living is insane. Traffic is horrible, the people suck, since 90% of them are all implants from other parts of the country, could go on
I moved here from a small town years ago hoping it would live up to its name as a music city. Not even remotely. Just waiting for the right chance to leave. Most of the food sucks, all the good businesses are closing, the people are stuck up, and the prices are rising. I’m always shocked when I visit other cities how devoid of culture Austin is. I really regret making the decision to move here, honestly.
@@ggeessttaalltt It’s kind of embarassing how much Houston and San Antonio have Austin beat when it comes to music. But I’d still take Austin over the other major Texan cities even if it’s past it’s prime.
I worked at Cafe Josie in 2006 and the buzz was Rachel ordered sides and did not really experience the restaurant at all. It was like "whats the point", a 2 oz. serving of soup? lol
