Cheap Eats?

[cbwjm]

Rare few places do it here or did. On place had small craft beers for $5 5pm to 7pm. Then $6 haven't been for a while though.

There's a place in Auckland called Mr Murdoch's that does a beer of the week for $6. It can be a bit hit or miss since sometimes you'll get a fortune favours but the next week you get lion red.

I know of a couple other places here in Auckland that do a happy hour, but normally it's just a couple $$ off, so 10$ instead of 12$ or 13$. A place I hadn't been to in ages does a 45$ jug of lager and a bowl of fries. About 6 glasses in the jug so I'm assuming around 2 litres which makes it decent value.

 

[MNblockhead]

If you live in a larger city, see if TooGoodToGo has taken root. It is an app that lists deals from restaurants when they have too much of something, often near closing, but not always. You can get great deals and is a good excuse to try new places. It is still fairly new to the USA and seems to only have good support from large coastal cities, but support is spreading to larger cities in fly-over country. My wife and my son in college use it a lot in the Twin Cities area. Almost no support in Milwaukee yet, unfortunately. Those of you in a large European city will likely find many more restaurants signed up. It started in Copenhagen in 2016 and grew in popularity in Europe before making its way to the US.

Everything is done through an app, but you can read more about it at their website: Save Good Food From Going To Waste | Too Good To Go

 

[Zardnaar]

There's a place in Auckland called Mr Murdoch's that does a beer of the week for $6. It can be a bit hit or miss since sometimes you'll get a fortune favours but the next week you get lion red.

I know of a couple other places here in Auckland that do a happy hour, but normally it's just a couple $$ off, so 10$ instead of 12$ or 13$. A place I hadn't been to in ages does a 45$ jug of lager and a bowl of fries. About 6 glasses in the jug so I'm assuming around 2 litres which makes it decent value.

Damn 2 litre jugs of lager here is $32 at one of our D&D venues.

Nachos $8 ($4.20 usd add beef $4 ($2.20). Nachos weren't half bad.

Menu - Megazone Dunedin

megazonedunedin.co.nz

 

[cbwjm]

Damn 2 litre jugs of lager here is $32 at one of our D&D venues.

Nachos $8 ($4.20 usd add beef $4 ($2.20). Nachos weren't half bad.

Menu - Megazone Dunedin

megazonedunedin.co.nz

Well now that just makes it seem like I bought a very expensive bowl of fries...

Auckland prices do tend to be a bit on the high side, I guess even the special deals reflect this.

 

[Zardnaar]

Well now that just makes it seem like I bought a very expensive bowl of fries...

Auckland prices do tend to be a bit on the high side, I guess even the special deals reflect this.

Mate bought two of those two litre jugs at one of your games. Derp.

We've changed venue. That place is cheap even here.

Some places here are cheaper than rural small towns (mo ones near Queenstown/Wanaka).
Ive heard one place further south is 1990s prices but cant verify.

 

[R_J_K75]

Western New York is pretty big on Fish Fry's. There are a lot of places that specialize in them. Typically, IME in other areas they are usually only served on Fridays, but you can get them here any day of the week year-round. The portions are huge and usually about $20, if not less. For an example Rodneys is a local bar & restaurant that has a really good one. The have a very big menu and I've never had a bad meal there. Their portions are so big that I can usually eat twice on one. Damn, now I want a fish fry from there.

Rodney's

Every year during Lent the Channel 2 news website updates their fish fry map

Fish Fry Map

 

[jian]

If you live in a larger city, see if TooGoodToGo has taken root. It is an app that lists deals from restaurants when they have too much of something, often near closing, but not always. You can get great deals and is a good excuse to try new places. It is still fairly new to the USA and seems to only have good support from large coastal cities, but support is spreading to larger cities in fly-over country. My wife and my son in college use it a lot in the Twin Cities area. Almost no support in Milwaukee yet, unfortunately. Those of you in a large European city will likely find many more restaurants signed up. It started in Copenhagen in 2016 and grew in popularity in Europe before making its way to the US.

Everything is done through an app, but you can read more about it at their website: Save Good Food From Going To Waste | Too Good To Go

Yes, it started in the U.K. but is now in several countries. We regularly use it to get a huge bag of mixed fruit and veg for $10 from the local greengrocer, and it’s very much worth it, getting us to try fruit and veg we wouldn’t have otherwise (pomelo, jicama, etc.). We rarely throw any of it away.

Otherwise, it tends to be mostly stale baked goods from cafes - I’m not sure $5 for half a dozen leftover doughnuts from Tim’s (which retail when fresh for $7 with a Tim’s deal) is particularly worthwhile. I once tried one at a local grocery and their offering was $5 for a jar of dried Parmesan which was past its sell-by date. It’s pretty worth it for good downtown bakeries and suchlike, though - $7 for a dozen slightly stale Lee’s donuts you can freeze is a very good deal, but they run out quickly.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Yes, it started in the U.K. but is now in several countries. We regularly use it to get a huge bag of mixed fruit and veg for $10 from the local greengrocer, and it’s very much worth it, getting us to try fruit and veg we wouldn’t have otherwise (pomelo, jicama, etc.). We rarely throw any of it away.

Otherwise, it tends to be mostly stale baked goods from cafes - I’m not sure $5 for half a dozen leftover doughnuts from Tim’s (which retail when fresh for $7 with a Tim’s deal) is particularly worthwhile. I once tried one at a local grocery and their offering was $5 for a jar of dried Parmesan which was past its sell-by date. It’s pretty worth it for good downtown bakeries and suchlike, though - $6 for a dozen slightly stale Lee’s donuts you can freeze is a very good deal.

I use TooGoodToGo all the time, it's great. Some shops/restaurants have better deals than others for sure...