I recently walked past the Empire Diner on 10th Avenue in Manhattan, and a memory came floating back from many years ago. When I was in my twenties, my colleagues and I once went there after a long day working on computer graphics.
We had never been there before, and back then their menu was more, um, eccentric than it is now. We noticed that “Soup of the day” was listed for $3.00. And right below that, “Soup du jour” was listed for $3.50.
When the waitress came over, we asked her what the difference was. “Well,” she said, “here’s the difference. If you order the soup of the day, we charge you $3.00. If you order the soup du jour, we charge you $3.50.”
I ordered the soup of the day. And to this day, I have no regrets.