Arun Gupta leads food tours around New York City. He's often asked why the same dish might be three of four times as expensive in one restaurant than another restaurant a block or two away.

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"The reason for this divergence in price and quality comes to down to how migration, labor and immigration laws, supply chains, and culture all interrelate." - Arun Gupta

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Arun Gupta leads food tours around New York City. He's often asked why the same dish might be three of four times as expensive in one restaurant than another restaurant a block or two away.

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