Good reasonably priced food and maybe even beer? (restaurant, nicest)

[gg]

Originally Posted by Bong477

A dinner for two at wendy's runs in the mid teens these days.

Depends what you order. You can eat at McDonalds for a few bucks if you eat off the dollar menu and drink tap water. I don't like pop anyway. I go to fast food maybe once every three months or something like that. I sometimes want a Big Mac and fries, but I can't remember the last time I had one.

I want to mention another deal at Patron Mexican Grill. Mondays is .95 taco night. They are okay. Beer is 1.00 off I think.

[WhoIsStanwix?]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Depends what you order. You can eat at McDonalds for a few bucks if you eat off the dollar menu and drink tap water. I don't like pop anyway. I go to fast food maybe once every three months or something like that. I sometimes want a Big Mac and fries, but I can't remember the last time I had one.

I want to mention another deal at Patron Mexican Grill. Mondays is .95 taco night. They are okay. Beer is 1.00 off I think.

I just remembered another Shady Grove deal...I think it's Tuesday is Taco night. $1.00 for a chicken or beef taco, and $3 mexican beers. Not your microbrew IPA, but still better offerings than BL or CL (ick).

[quaymorris]

Thank you for this thread. I complain every now and again to my bf about how ridiculous eating out can be in town sometimes. It seems almost no one downtown does happy hour specials (though I did recently discover Sharp Edge's happy hour, but boy, is it hard as hell to get to during that time!). I honestly like hitting Local on the south side ($14 bottomless mimosas on the weekends!), but the music they play is hard on my ears lol. Their foods not bad and neither is their beer selection, and I can usually find good parking. I seconded Kaya's happy hour, if you're just looking for drinks.

[ElijahAstin]

I always enjoyed Max's for good, reasonably priced food and drink in a low-key atmosphere.

[squarian]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Actually there was a time a draft of local yellow fuzzy beer was under a dollar in some places.

There was even a time when a pint cost a shilling and was neither yellow nor fuzzy.

[Copanut]

Happy Hour at the Lakeside in North Park is 1.40/16oz draft. Just make sure you have all your shots.

[Sideblinded]

Originally Posted by Geeo

Hough's in Greenfield (Greenfield Ave., I think) is good for wings, burgers and a ton of beers. Not dirt cheap, but won't set you back much, either.

I agree and they have drink specials everynight, and .50 wings on Wednesday.

[brdst11]

Penn Brewery, at least for the summer, has a deal on Thursdays in their courtyard where you can get $5 brats and $3 Penn brews.

And, since it's outdoors, there are no TVs in that area....

[Clint.]

Originally Posted by Bong477

A dinner for two at wendy's runs in the mid teens these days.

Yeah, it's not grocery store cheap to eat out unless you find a special somewhere, and of course restaurants use the cheap specials to bring bodies in the door and hope they go on purchase something with a better margin as well, or else aim for scale and big crowds.

If we could only work the cooks and dishwashers at $2.50/hr. + tip jar then maybe we'd be able to pay even less and really be in business.

[Copanut]

Whole Foods in the Great White North, draft East End Brewery Beers for about 3 bucks, great sandwiches for around 4.