On the night of August 28, 1971 — the night Chez Panisse, the famed Berkeley, California, restaurant, opened its doors — a four-course meal (pâté, roast duck, a plum tart, and coffee) cost $3.95. Twenty years later, $3.95 (adjusted for inflation) was $13, but at Chez Panisse, that same opening-night dinner (with soup) cost $65. […]