NectarineGate: Zuni Cafe's $8 Nectarine Dessert Is Actually $4.50
Earlier this week, we told you about a supposed $8 Blossom Bluff Nectarine on the dessert menu at San Francisco's Zuni Cafe. Ridiculous surcharge for a single piece of fruit, right? A Zuni Cafe representative chimed in to clear up the misunderstanding: It should be $4.50. "The only $8.00 item on the menu was a pot de crème." Ridiculous still, but maybe less ridiculous? We will keep you updated with other NectarineGate details as they come through the wires. [via Eater SF]
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15 Comments:
Well at that price I'll get two nectarines!
Raphael at 11:50AM on 08/21/08
i paid five dollars for a nectarine at the greenmarket last summer. was it worth it? i was so bemused when it was weighed and priced that i just paid for it.
it was a pretty good nectarine, not ecstasy inducing. i never went back to that particular vendor.
cybercita at 11:55AM on 08/21/08
Ohhhh! $4.50! Now it's not absurd.
/sarcasm
lawofmurphy at 12:15PM on 08/21/08
I'd feel really stupid sitting at a nice table in a fancy pants restaurant in my favorite outfit, opening my mouth like a hippo and trying not to drip nectarine juice on myself.
Is this a restaurant's little joke to try and make its' patrons look foolish?
Kerosena at 12:18PM on 08/21/08
I guess it is the fruit equivalent of the mark-up on wine. Come to think of it, wine is made of fruit... so I guess it's OK then.
jpolk at 12:56PM on 08/21/08
Yeesh. The least they could have done was offer to slice it...
Cassaendra at 1:20PM on 08/21/08
It's still a jip!!!!
ronzoni at 2:39PM on 08/21/08
this is the most ludicrous thing i've ever seen.
at least cut up the bloody thing, throw on some garnish and add a dollop of whipped cream. at LEAST.
islandchild at 3:40PM on 08/21/08
damn, at least plate it nicely. look at it, it's just rolling around on that plate. i bet it fell off the plate in the kitchen a few times before it got to the table.
bionicgrrl at 5:49PM on 08/21/08
oh my gosh, why am i still thinking this must be a joke?
yogurtsoda at 6:00PM on 08/21/08
That Zuni Cafe rep is a master of damage control. Compared to $8, $4.50 is a completely reasonable price for 1 single unadorned nectarine. That's almost 50% off. What a mind blowing deal!
@yogurtsoda: perhaps The Onion recently and secretly acquired Eater.
wunami at 8:24PM on 08/21/08
$4.50 isn't unreasonable. It's the presentation that is just so very sad.
KuyasKitchen at 4:53AM on 08/22/08
$4.50. For a piece of fruit. It's STILL RIDICULOUS.
juliebugsmama at 11:51AM on 08/22/08
Perhaps it's the labor and training taken to prepare this complicated dish.
beth1 at 12:32PM on 08/23/08
Thought you might want to know Blossum Bluff is an orchard in Parlier, CA...
MrMouse at 7:04PM on 08/23/08