Will Kansas City restaurants pass on higher food prices to diners?

Today, the Wall Street Journal‘s website carries a story about supermarkets and restaurants having to grit their teeth and pass rising food costs for ingredients — including staples like beef, milk, coffee, cocoa, and sugar — onto consumers.
 
The timing is unfortunate, since the restaurant industry hasn’t really rebounded, and more and more publications and blogs are describing how penny-pinching customers — like the frugal mother writing for womensday.com about how shocked she was by what she was spending on eating in restaurants — are choosing cheaper venues or not eating out at all.

Will local restaurants follow suit?