It should be noted that the old Eastlake Teriyaki was not really aligned price-wise with most teriyaki joints in Seattle (especially like on the Ave). For most products -- pho, teriyaki, bahn mi, etc. -- it was usually a good $1-3 more than what you'd consider the going rate. Since there weren't competing restaurants in the neighborhood, we always called this the "Eastlake surcharge."

So while $9.50 is a lot to pay for teriyaki (and more than I personally want to pay), it's not like $5.99 teriyaki was available in this space before.