Today’s Specials on tap might cost more! (Cartoon)

Posted on Author Donna Barstow
waiter talks about restaurant specials with dollar signs
waiter talks about restaurant specials with dollar signs

Fancy restaurant prices

Who doesn’t go out to restaurants without considering the price, eh? Certainly it’s the first consideration. For me. Not that I have a budget, or anything.

I have to admit, this is a riff on the great classic cartoons of Gary Larsen. He had one on dogs vs cats – maybe other animals, too! What you say vs what your pet (chooses to) hear. Thanks, Gary.

And of course, this is perfect for my weekly cartoon feature, Daily Special! Here’s how to get new restaurant cartoons delivered to you each week! And how to buy restaurant and food cartoons for restaurant newsletters, websites, hospitality magazines, and restaurant trade journals.

ID #1402205        Caption: (waiter tells restaurant patron how expensive dishes are) WHAT HE SAYS: Today’s specials include a fine dish of… WHAT YOU HEAR: $

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Donna Barstow

Syndicated cartoonist in the New Yorker, LA Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, textbooks, newspapers. Columnist for 10 years in Psychology Today. Set painter in studio Art Depts. Member Scriptwriters Network, script reader. Author of California Consumer Protection Law, 2026, signed by Gov Gavin Newsom! Author, 2 hardcopy books, and Barnes & Noble Calendar.