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43. This is not usual.

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 07:54 PM

Nov 2013

It's a response to an overheated market of tech workers who are inflating prices and driving out the working class folks who used to be able to afford to live in SF.

Anyone who pays that much for toast is a niche market. Once this bubble collapses (like the last time) this stuff will recede.

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$4 toast is the last straw - motivates group to protest affordability issues in SF [View all] Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 OP

cream cheese, almond butter, and maple syrup aren't toast maxsolomon Nov 2013 #1

Not 4 bucks worth. trumad Nov 2013 #2

I'm sure someone thinks it's worth it. And I'm sure P. T. Barnum agrees with me. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #6

How many slices of toast are we talking? I would pay $3.50 for 2 slices of that JaneyVee Nov 2013 #56

I can make the cream cheese toast at home Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #47

Yeah! Why are these babies complaining? Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #63

ROFL. Are you serious?????? RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #49

yep. as a heart attack. maxsolomon Nov 2013 #58

I'll have #3. Throd Nov 2013 #3

That's what happens when a place becomes attractive to rich people. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #4

And what would be so hard about making toast at home? SheilaT Nov 2013 #5

I make my own bread. It takes 4.5 hours. Long time to wait. REP Nov 2013 #10

They might not own a toaster or oven? madville Nov 2013 #11

SF's latest apartments are 200 sq feet and cost 1900 dollars a month. Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #21

...what neighborhood? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #33

Sadly, my kitchen isn't larger than that. SheilaT Nov 2013 #55

Geeze, you can buy a loaf for that. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #7

You can bake at least 4 for that REP Nov 2013 #13

I would never pay $3.75 for a piece of toast in SF and I'm from San Mateo Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #15

Baking a loaf takes 4 hours ... REP Nov 2013 #16

Most people I know keep food in the house instead of shopping for one item before each meal. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #18

You said buy 1 loaf for $4; I said could bake 4 loaves for $4 REP Nov 2013 #35

I believe my initial response was to the OP. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #36

I thought I was responding to a reasonable discussion. My mistake! REP Nov 2013 #38

It's great, since it didn't involve $4 toast. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #39

That's fantastic! REP Nov 2013 #40

My favorite yelp review displacedtexan Nov 2013 #8

You left out an important fact..... jberryhill Nov 2013 #9

Toast is always a ripoff. I went to IHOP with my mom a few weeks ago and we split an order of toast JVS Nov 2013 #12

I'll bet toast is cheaper in Sioux Falls, or Cleveland, or Lincoln, NE. TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #14

... or don't get toast there REP Nov 2013 #17

It's an indicative and outrageous price being mocked as part of a push for affordable housing Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #23

Maybe the price is high so they can pay employees to live there. Throd Nov 2013 #26

go live somewhere else... beachbum bob Nov 2013 #19

CaliFrisco Toast adds three dollars for the privilege of just being there seveneyes Nov 2013 #20

Smugness isn't free you know. Throd Nov 2013 #22

It's a built in cost. Puzzledtraveller Nov 2013 #59

"Califrisco"? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #32

A cool abbreviation for San Fransisco, California seveneyes Nov 2013 #41

cool? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #42

Those of us who live in SF react a certain way to the tourist-use of "Frisco" displacedtexan Nov 2013 #64

As expected seveneyes Nov 2013 #65

I can get a full breakfast (with homemade toast) for 4 bucks at my local diner cali Nov 2013 #37

This is not usual. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #43

All they have to say is it's some organic, mutation free, gluten free, specially picked berries.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #24

Like NYC, SF is not really a city anymore but a litter box for the droppings of the rich Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #25

"Like NYC, SF is not really a city anymore" geek tragedy Nov 2013 #31

the millions of us who live work and love it in NY and SF are laughing at this ignornace. bettyellen Nov 2013 #34

The boonies are wonderful seveneyes Nov 2013 #44

Oh sure. But they aren't inherantly better, LOL. They can be a lonely place, and not so easy to bettyellen Nov 2013 #45

Looks like $3.50 - $3.75 toast to me frazzled Nov 2013 #27

Unless I'm mistaken, the "$4 toast" was taken from another story. You're right, the graphic AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #30

at $3.75 Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #52

Now that is some sour-d'oh toast Blue Owl Nov 2013 #28

I wonder what it goes for in Carmel. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #29

Well, the minimum wage has some bearing on the matter Yo_Mama Nov 2013 #46

Toast for entitled rich people is not indicative of prices overall jmowreader Nov 2013 #48

Compare rental car rates between San Jose and WestSeattle2 Nov 2013 #50

Folks defending this because it has friggin cream cheese on it are a reel hoot. nt RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #51

Folks arguing over the price of friggin toast are a real hoot....too. nt Bobbie Jo Nov 2013 #53

Looks like a real bargain. pa28 Nov 2013 #57

Let them eat cake! Cal Carpenter Nov 2013 #54

Yeah Toast! Bobbie Jo Nov 2013 #60

Drug buyer says, "That's twenty bucks worth?" Iggo Nov 2013 #61

So what do you do? FreeJoe Nov 2013 #62