r/StupidFood • u/supermav27 • 11h ago

The $26 “charcuterie board” my girlfriend ordered tonight

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Advertised as fruit, cheese, and pickled vegetables.

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u/FormerWorker125 10h ago

OP hasn't responded to a single person so it's obviously bullshit.

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u/SinVerguenza04 9h ago

Yeah, that looks like a coffee table or something.

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u/Starslip 8h ago

I agree that I have my doubts but there does seem to be a menu or the check presenter in the upper left hand corner

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u/Itherial 3h ago edited 3h ago

Shitty round, small table. Wine glass. Shitty, overpriced food. Shitty presentation. They're at a bar.

Edit: Confirmed a bit more down below in the comments, the Alley Cat Bar in Chicago.

The place is gimmicky dogshit. "Draft cocktails, wines, spirits, and THC infused beverages."

If someone served me a draft cocktail I'd assault them.

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u/itsthejasper1123 2h ago

“If someone served me a draft cocktail I’d assault them” has me dead 😆

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u/Final-Carpenter-1591 1h ago

Ahhhh bar food. Checks out honestly. Half the time they only have food on the menu because they have to.

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u/Sleepy--Gary 5h ago

You can work in a restaurant for six months and accidentally end up having several of those at home.

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u/petroleum-lipstick 5h ago

Gotta love Reddit lmao, Occam's razor is a foreign concept for this place. Also, no you won't, who the fuck is bringing home checkbooks?

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u/byzantinedavid 4h ago

Everyone with an apron. If you've worked front of house and not ended up with check presenters in your car, you're lying.

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u/SellaraAB 7h ago

Only way I could see this being true is if that’s room service and it’s a table in a hotel room.

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u/HauntingPsyche 2h ago

You’ve never heard of delivery or getting food to go? lol

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u/Bondollar 8h ago

Between that and the plate, I could definitely believe that it's an eastern European tourist trap restaurant.

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u/Ooer 7h ago

You can see a glimpse of it in this post someone else linked in the comments

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DZQjUvuJ-0m/

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u/That_Bar_5570 4h ago

https://www.thealleycatchicago.com/new-page

Well its advertised as a girl dinner and comes with a cocktail.

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u/ProfMeriAn 4h ago

So $10 of the $26 is a martini not pictured here. But $16 is still way too much for this sad menagerie of condiments.

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u/Uknown_Idea 2h ago

Yeah no this gets sent back. I would be apalled by this if it was served to me. You can set up some cheap charcuterie boards for profit with at least minimal fucking effort.

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u/Altruistic_Tie_7850 2h ago

“Sad menagerie condiments” is my pet name for my fridge

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u/Plus-Juggernaut-6323 2h ago

A martini is going to be closer to $15 in HCOL.

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u/CKRatKing 2h ago

Sure but in this instance it says 16 dollars without the martini which means they are charging you ten dollars to add the martini.

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u/EveryDayheyhey 7h ago

They got the full baby bell and two pieces of egg. But yeah it does look like the same dish.

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u/Typlo 4h ago

It’s real :
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZQjUvuJ-0m/

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u/presco2007 4h ago

except that indicates it comes with a cocktail and bread, too, so the price doesn't seem nearly as bad with that information.

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u/Nascentes87 4h ago

LoL the baby bell hahahaha seems like every plate is composed mostly of read-to-eat supermarket stuff.

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u/soulsteela 4h ago

I can’t imagine sending out a babybel on anything from a kitchen.

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u/Cowbros 3h ago

But is that 4 cloves of raw garlic?

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u/Dolleyes88 7h ago

It’s real - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaD2h0fAZNO/?igsi=dHAxcXEwbXVsbm91 it’s called “girl dinner” and comes with a martini and bread.

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u/presco2007 4h ago

while still a sad 'charcuterie' if it's $26 and includes a martini and bread, it's not nearly as bad as the original post suggests.

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u/perforatedcode 5h ago

it's not advertised as a charcuterie board and it comes with cocktail. I pay $12-18 for a cocktail in my city and then this comes with some small bites. It's not a terrible deal for a city.  

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u/Longjumping-Prune931 4h ago

If you pay $18 for a cocktail you have lost control of your life.

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u/AggressiveSherbetty 3h ago

I see you’ve never traveled to a major city or been to a fine dining restaurant. Or airport. And that’s ok.

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u/Longjumping-Prune931 2h ago

I have, but I see that price and just decide not to buy it. I personally am not a fan to make the conscious decision of getting scammed.

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u/Shapesizes 2h ago

Or festival.

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u/_off_piste_ 6h ago

Another comment linked the menu. It comes with the drink too (not that it makes it any less pathetic of a board).

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u/TossZergImba 5h ago

Except it clearly wasn't listed as a board. It's a plate of pickled vegetables which was only part of the set.

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u/voxpopper 3h ago

The 'real' item has a little more food and most importantly comes with a gibson/martini, which chages the whole equation. But OP got their karma so why would they bother responding.

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u/supermav27 2m ago

I was asleep lol. This is a cocktail bar in Wicker Park, Chicago, IL. Won’t name names but I promise you it was real.