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Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:51:11 GMT

A new restaurant in Chicago's West Loop called PB&J has a sandwich for a mere $350.00. Now a portion of that goes to charity.

It is a loaf of toasted gold leaf encrusted bread, Adams All Natural PB, Maison Dutriez red currant jam and a drizzle of Manuka honey from New Zealand. Oh, the jam is suppposed to be the most expensive in the world. Evidently a goose quill is used to de-seed the jam. Oh brother.

No thanks, I would rather just give the whole $350 to charity. I don't need bragging rights that I spent that much money on a pb&j sandwich. My family would say I need my noggin examined and demand an MRI. lol

If you live in Chicago, enjoy.

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

Goldengate8361 — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:07:01 GMT

Sounds like a clever PR move to me. Here we are talking about it. I think it is kind of brilliant on tbeir part. I bet there will be news stories about it.

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

Still Raining — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:08:15 GMT

Let's see....whole wheat w/pumpkin seeds, Adams no salt-crunchy, homemade current jam-vintage 19, but no honey around.

If you know my door combination just leave the money on the table 😂

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

shoptilyadropagain — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:09:49 GMT

Just a regular ole PB&J was never my thing so I'll definitely pass on this one!

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

depglass — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:50:13 GMT

So that's why sanitation workers are seeing gold leaf in the sewage treatment plant.

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

Meowingkitty — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:57:34 GMT

No thanks. Manuka honey is awful. Had it when I was in New Zealand. I'll give my money to an animal charity.

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 14:08:38 GMT

I forgot to add you have to order it a day ahead. I assume to give them time to make the gold encrusted bread.

What I want to know is what portion goes to charity?

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

millieshops — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 14:12:57 GMT

@Goldengate8361 @CrazyKittyLvr2 I agree with Golden gate. The price has nothing to do with the cost of the ingredients and everything to do with getting a footing in a competitive market. This gimmick sounds way more effective than a BOGO.

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

deepwaterdotter — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:46:15 GMT

You can't beat free PR.

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

chickenbutt — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:49:23 GMT

Well, it IS a whole loaf of bread. So, they make a sandwich out of the whole loaf or do they slice it up? Enquiring minds...blah blah blah.

I don't like honey, anyway, so I'm out. I like a nice, organic, whole grain bread with seeds with some Jif Creamy PB and Smuckers Simply Fruit Strawberry jam. Perfection and costs way less than $1 per sandwich.

I do like the charity angle of it, so kudos there! Seriously, if somebody wants to pay they will and there's nothing wrong with that. Those of us who don't, won't. It's all good.

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

EatWell — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:13:46 GMT

I consider it a donation with a free PB&J sandwich thrown in. 👍

~Life is short. So eat well. You may die tomorrow. ~

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

Kachina624 — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:28:50 GMT

I prefer to have the seeds picked out of my jam with a Swan quill.

Re: Want Lunch...A $350 PB&J In Chicago.

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 18:23:58 GMT

@Kachina624 Swan can be nasty. Let's go for one better and do a porcupine quill.