[radley]

> A burrito that cost $5.50 in 2014 is now $13.95.

They haven't been that cheap since the 90s. 10 years ago, they were around $10.

[lelanthran]

> They haven't been that cheap since the 90s. 10 years ago, they were around $10.

You do realise that the article has actual photos of the menus from different years, right?

What's your hypothesis here? They photoshopped the images?

[radley]

No hypothesis, I didn't read far enough.

[BeetleB]

They're looking at actual 2014 menus.

But yeah, it's likely an outlier in 2014 to be that cheap. More like $7-8.

Locally (not in SV), one can still find "cheap" burritos at Mexican joints. By cheap I mean $11-12.

In one local restaurant, they bumped up burritos from about $11 to $18 within a year. I stopped going there.

[triclops200]

Read TFA. They got the price from the menu they were comparing to in 2014.

[radley]

Ah, thanks! Looking through the Yelp pics, the price rose to $8 in 2016 and $9.50 by 2019. I expect Mission growth and rent increases have been a big factor.

[xnorswap]

It seems backed up by a photo of it in 2014? It's unreadable at this scale, but I assume they have a better quality version they got the price from.