My annoyance with metered parking in the area isn't so much the cost which, as you say, isn't very expensive. Rather it's that a lot of 2-hour metered parking has been extended from ending at 6pm to ending at 8pm. What that means is that, if you come in for dinner and an evening event, your meter will probably expire before 8pm.
(There is a hack with the online parking app to "feed the meter" although you can potentially get ticketed for that.)
(There is a hack with the online parking app to "feed the meter" although you can potentially get ticketed for that.)