The $3 Piece of Bread
If diners want to pair their curry or tandoori chicken with a piece of naan at any of Curry Mantra’s three (and soon to be four) locations, they need to shell out $3 for each piece of bread. And if they want to add some flavor with the garlic or onion varieties, it’ll be $1 more.

The $8 Broccoli Rabe
The new butchery and restaurant in Silver Spring is a meat lover’s dream. For those seeking less carnivorous options, there’s a selection of meat-free sides, but with the broccoli rabe checking in at $8, it doesn’t seem like they’re trying too hard to win over the vegetarians.

The $12 Cookies
Twelve dollar chocolate chip cookies? Twelve dollar chocolate chip cookies. While The Source’s take on the fresh-baked classic are widely regarded as delicious, dropping double digits on some cookies seems a bit much. For a better deal, their “On the Hour” lunch special hooks up a smaller order of cookies along with a starter and sushi or burger for just $22.

The $18 Soup
Steakhouses are expensive and diners are well prepared to shell out big bucks for a hunk of meat and family-sized sides. But at the Four Season’s Bourbon Steak, that extends to the soup as well. At $18 a bowl, the potato leek with duck fat powder and salmon caviar is just shy of one Andrew Jackson.

The $6 Pickles
If it’s made in-house, it’ll most likely cost a premium. While a pickle spear comes with every sandwich order at DGS Delicatessen, if diners want to sample a plate of housemade dills, half-sours and other assorted pickled vegetables, it’ll cost six bucks.

The $8 Soda
When shelling out $125 for a 24-course meal, diners might not think twice about ordering an $8 cola. But when a properly-made highball at Rogue 24, using their same smoked cola, is just two bucks more, it gets harder to justify spending all that money for a non-alcoholic soda.

The $8 Order of Fries
High-priced fries are becoming the norm in D.C., depressingly, so it's almost not worth noting the $8 fry. But paying that much for a dish that can also be found as a fast-food item still hurts a little. Hot 14th Street brasserie, Le Diplomate, has an order of fries that rings up at a pricey $8. But because they’re listed on the menu as “pomme frites,” it all makes sense, right? Add truffle or Bordelaise to Poste's fries and they're $10-12, but Poste's fries also get discounted during happy hour, so they get a pass.
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