High gas and food prices are taking a toll on industries throughout the U.S., including the restaurant business. Reporter Samantha Suttle shows us how restaurants in our hometowns are dealing with the issue.

For many, gas prices are eating away at their budget, leaving them with less money to spend on nonessentials, like dining out. Making the restaurant industry another group feeling the pinch at the pump.

"Slower, I mean like I said, we're not getting the same amount of business as we used to," says Ginger Wood, a waitress at Horizons Restaurant in Sioux City.

The amount of business isn't the only thing changing. What people are ordering off the menu is changing too. For example, they're seeing fewer orders of soft drinks and more requests for water.

"We tend to sell more of our hamburgers and stuff like that, other than our entrees due to the prices are a little bit cheaper, not as expensive to feed a family if you go that route, rather than the dinner route," says Tiffany Schuppan, a waitress at Harvey's Restaurant in Riverside.

Because, as one diner says, eating in isn't much of a choice.

"My cooking leaves a lot to be desired. So it's either this or my own cooking, and I choose this," says Rich Krueger, a customer at Harvey's Restaurant.

One thing that has stayed the same -- customers' generous tips.

"The tips themselves haven't really decreased much," says Schuppan.

So while new customers may be hard to come by, it's the regulars who keep them in business.

"They know the restaurant, they know what we've got and they like it," says Wood.