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Did Maine lobster tail entrée at Noir, Chelsea, New York shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before5 oz
After4 oz
−20.0%smaller
Price per oz · observed+25.0%Shelf price $38 → $38, as recorded by the source.

Before you paid $7.60 per oz; after, $9.50 per oz: 25.0% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The joint 3rd-largest of 10 documented fast food & restaurants cuts (tied with 2 others); a bigger cut than 72% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2022 · reported 15 Jun 2022
Country
United States
Brand
Noir (NYC)
Category
Fast Food & Restaurants
Source
nypost.com

Source and evidence

NYC restaurants cut portions to fight inflation nypost.com

Source fetched 2026-10-20.

Executive chef John Dewine told the New York Post he cut portions to avoid raising some prices.

Evidence
Typenewspaper report (chef interviewed)
Confidencehigh
Size cut alone, at the old price+25.0%

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What the source says

“…a supper club in Chelsea, executive chef John Dewine made the “tough decision” to raise some prices while keeping other dishes — already pricey — the same. Maine lobster tails are still $38, but they are four ounces instead of five, while a $24 appetizer of vegan gyoza dumplings now consists of an order of five instead of six.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Maine lobster tail entrée at Noir, Chelsea, New York shrink? 5 oz → 4 oz”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/maine-lobster-tail-entr-e-at-noir-chelsea-new-york-us-2022.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: NYC restaurants cut portions to fight inflation (https://nypost.com/2022/06/15/shrinkflation-on-the-menu-restaurants-cut-portions-to-scrape-by/).

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