Tuesday July 22, 2008 - Good Stuff Cheap: Eating Out
Eating out is one of America’s favorite past times.
I like good food and particularly I like good food I don’t have to cook it. But I am also cheap!
So no I am not going to tell you to stop eating out, just do it less frequently and do it smart.
Use coupons! They are often available in the Sunday papers or online. Type in “restaurant coupons in the Boston area” and all sorts of resources pop up. This past week I found coupons for Pizzeria Uno and Boston Market and Bertucci’s e-mailed me a $5 off coupon
Restaurant.com is now on my favorite list. Here you can purchase a certificate for participating restaurants at a discount. I recently purchased a lunch coupon worth $10 each for $3 for Nancy’s Airfield Café in Stow. Food was great and I got a deal!
When I typed in WBZ’s zip code some wonderful Boston restaurant’s popped up. One of my favorites is 75 Chestnut Street. You can purchase a $10 dinner coupon for $3. Or the 33 restaurant (33 Stanhope) where you can get a $25 dinner coupon for $10. That’s a good deal!
The Entertainment book which has been around for years is a book of coupons. You purchase a book for the area you live in or are planning to travel to. Massachusetts has 3 areas, Boston, Springfield and Worcester. Books are normally priced around $35, but you can get the 2008 book free if you order the 2009 book now. Or purchase it at a discount for $9.99.
The early bird specials: I know I can hear you saying that’s for the old folks and maybe it is but recently we were out running errands and decided to have an early dinner for we were already out and had skipped lunch. We stopped in at one of our favorite restaurants and the waitress brought us an early bird menu at 5:30. We had a three couse meal for what we would have spent on one course.
I found a three course $1.42 lunch with much larger portions than Weight Watchers suggest at The Fife and Drum restaurant at the North Eastern Correctional Center in Concord. It is open 4 days a week, Tuesday thru Friday, 11:30 to 12:30. (978-371-7941) And yes, it is in the prison!
They train inmates for jobs once they are released. Food is diner style and plentiful and I met many regulars from Concord who eat there several days a week.
Listeners also suggested eating lunch out instead of dinner, having a drink at home before going out to eat and having dessert at home. all small ways to cut the dinner cost.
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