Slog - Comments on Eating for Cheap http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats From this week's Chow section: Fact number one: Times is tight. Fact number two: Tight times need not restrict your dining life to tap water and Top Ramen. The proof you hold in your hands—Cheap Eats, a less-than-attractive phrase that sums up a most attractive concept: availing yourself of the life-affirming pleasures of dining out without succumbing to a soul-crushing state of poverty. Specific delights: Bethany Jean Clement on lower-price offerings at Seattle's upscale eateries, Lindy West's tour of duty on the battlegrounds of fast-food dollar menus, Angela Garbes on the International District's over-the-counter cuisine, Ari Spool's experiment in... Copyright 2008 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:05:42 -0800 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:48:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Free Food and Best Happy Hour Food deals?

Allright!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1101921 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1101921 Chow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:26:10 -0800 Comment by Explorer Two other places to find that delicious corn on a stick, slathered in goodness: Tony's produce stand on 35th/Barton in West Seattle, and at a small stand just up the street from Loretta's on 14th Ave S. in South Park. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

]]> Explorer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1101937 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1101937 Chow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:31:55 -0800 Comment by RJ No, stay away from the wonderful MacPherson’s! It is already getting too crowded.

]]> RJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1101953 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1101953 Chow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:40:02 -0800 Comment by NaFun $20/day? That's $600 a month! That's not cheap, that's hella expensive. If she had $10 you'd have had a story.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102015 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102015 Chow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:08:28 -0800 Comment by Zach what about just going to the grocery store or farmers market and cooking for yourself with healthy, fresh, and local ingredients that you bargain hunted.

eating out in the midst of a recession / depression is NOT frugal, even if you can do it "cheaply" it is still not a better deal then empowering yourself and your friends/family to cook at home.

]]> Zach http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102026 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102026 Chow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:15:25 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @5 - shhh - that's my secret ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102073 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102073 Chow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:42:03 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder $20? Holy fuck.

I soak my own beans cuz they're cheaper than canned, dammit. Last night as I was kneading bread dough I was thinking about how I had used over $5 worth of ingredients on two loaves (which will be breakfast for almost two weeks) and how that was kinda spendy. If it costs more than $1.20 per pound, I rarely eat it.

$20! Gawd, I'm salivating just thinking about it. I could eat tofu every day! I'd feel like a queen! :D

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102179 Chow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:41:15 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder Great tip on MacPherson's, though. I live on Beacon Hill, and I never noticed that place before. Dying to check out. Those are some crazy cheap cherries

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102195 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/speaking_of_cheap_eats#c1102195 Chow Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:48:51 -0800