"Pro Tip: If you are at a nice restaurant and…

Restaurants often put some items, such as seafood, as “market price” (abbreviated “MKT”). That menu item is usually very expensive.

“You know a restaurant expensive when a menu item says ‘market price’” was posted on X/Twitter by STRETCH FLVCKO on January 7, 2020. “‘Market Price’ is just another for a restaurant to say ‘we’re gonna rob you’” was posted on X/Twitter by Dave Dresden on August 11, 2022. “I will die on the hill of the whole ‘market price’ shit that seafood restaurants put on their menus is just a scam” was posted on Bluesky by Lyra (moldy voidsent) on August 16, 2025.

“Pro Tip: If you are at a nice restaurant and something on the menu is listed as ‘Market Price’, be sure to use a limit order to get a better deal” was posted on X/Twitter by Simple Jack Capital👨‍🦯📉 on June 7, 2021, and this received over 1,300 likes. “i love when restaurants say market price like i know how much a lobster is trading for on the dow jones” was posted on X/Twitter by Dwayne on August 17, 2025. “I love when restaurants put ‘market price’ next to certain menu items. Like yeah, I’ve been monitoring scallop futures all week” was posted on X/Twitter by Chris Orzechowski on June 21, 2026, and this received over 61,000 likes.

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The Restaurant Manifesto
@restofesto
On a restaurant menu “Market Price” usually means “If you ask, you’re probably not going to order it.”
9:18 PM · Jun 27, 2016

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Jim Healis
@jimhealis
Or my favorite: Market Price. Does anyone who actually follows the “market price” eat in restaurants that use that term on their menu?
2:49 PM · Aug 28, 2017

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Eric Spiegelman
@ericspiegelman
I’m at a restaurant that serves guacamole for “market price” as if it’s chilean sea bass.
2:56 PM · Oct 3, 2017

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annie
@anniebriated
all I want is to reach a level of wealth where I’m not incredibly nervous about “market price” at restaurants
1:35 PM · Nov 10, 2018

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jello.
@Jelloshot93
Parody account
Seafood Restaurants always talking about “Market price” like I study the fluctuating prices of the lobster trade
7:02 PM · Dec 18, 2019

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STRETCH FLVCKO
@Stretchxflvcko
You know a restaurant expensive when a menu item says “market price”
8:44 AM · Jan 7, 2020 from Tallahassee, FL

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Simple Jack Capital👨‍🦯📉
@SimpleJackCap
Pro Tip: If you are at a nice restaurant and something on the menu is listed as ‘Market Price’, be sure to use a limit order to get a better deal
7:00 PM · Jun 7, 2021

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K.O.
@kofromatatf
You know we’re in crazy times when the menu at the restaurants says:
Chicken Wings - Market Price $$$
2:32 PM · Jul 3, 2021

Facebook
Rob Preston
April 1, 2022 at 10:32 PM ·
If you’re in a restaurant and it says “Market Price”.....pick something else!!

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Dave Dresden
@davedresden
“Market Price” is just another for a restaurant to say “we’re gonna rob you”
2:10 AM · Aug 11, 2022

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notbangalore
‪@notbangalore.bsky.social‬
Pro Tip: When a restaurant menu says “Market Price,” always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always ask the market price, even if you think you don’t care 😂😭...
Archived from Feb 12, 2020, 4:43 PM
4:06 PM · Dec 2, 2024

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pdxpatfitz.bsky.social
‪@pdxpatfitz.bsky.social‬
Restaurants will change menus to show “market price” for eggs.
8:56 PM · Feb 4, 2025

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METAWORLDWAR
@kollapsarian
we all know what market price at restaurants means, but who will have the balls to introduce options trading to restaurants?
12:27 PM · May 28, 2025

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Lyra (moldy voidsent)
‪@tiralyra.bsky.social‬
I will die on the hill of the whole “market price” shit that seafood restaurants put on their menus is just a scam
12:02 PM · Aug 16, 2025

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Dwayne
@CtrlAltDwayne
i love when restaurants say market price like i know how much a lobster is trading for on the dow jones
9:05 AM · Aug 17, 2025

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Obi Juan Colombi 🇨🇴
‪@obijuancolombi.bsky.social‬
I love being in a restaurant and saying “They said market price! WHAT MARKET ARE YOU SHOPPING AT?!?!”
7:03 PM · Oct 22, 2025

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Chris Orzechowski
@chrisorzy
I love when restaurants put “market price” next to certain menu items. Like yeah, I’ve been monitoring scallop futures all week.
4:07 PM · Jun 21, 2026