Restaurant Scams in Santa Fe

Restaurant "Market Price" Seafood Gouging

Several upscale restaurants in the Guadalupe Street corridor and near the Plaza list certain menu items—particularly seafood and specialty dishes—as "market price" without staff volunteering the actual cost. In a landlocked high-altitude city, seafood is expensive to source, but some establishments use "market price" listings to charge $60–$90 for dishes the server implies are in the $30–$40 range. Bills arrive dramatically higher than anticipated.