Let’s call this: Dining on a Budget by I’m just one of you; I like to eat out too for the least amount possible; Let’s eat out – on a budget; Let’s eat out – for as little investment as possible; Let’s eat out . . . We'll come back to this.
We like to eat out but due to unforeseen financial circumstances over the last few months we have less and less to discretionary funds to do so. We have always utilized coupon books such as The Entertainment Book & Citipass, along with Valpak coupons and Coupon Quarterlies that come in the mail. Those are almost the “give me’s “. What I like to revel in are the “seek out and finds”. Some do a great job at advertising these specials, partially thru the above mentioned sources, others, word of mouth, any and everyone’s best form of advertising. Well, here’s your “mouth”. Some of these you might already know about. Others, I’m hoping I have shared a gem with you that you think is pretty cool and find helpful & informative. If you know of any, please pass them along, because not only will I share the specials with you, I am going to personally check out each individual restaurant and critique them. What’s so out of the ordinary about that? Exactly that, I am ordinary, I am you. Just a poor schlep wanting to go out and partake in the culinary delights of our fine Charlotte restaurants, from diners to upscale fine dining on a shoe string to see who has the best meals for the best deals. Oooh! Just came up with the name of the blog . . . . Nevermind, my husband gave me a better name . . .
Dining Outside of the Box (in Charlotte & the surrounding areas) by Terri Johnson
We delayed our romantic Valentines’ Dinner by one day because one of our favorite restaurants, 131 Main has Tuesday specials that we love absolutely love to take advantage of. The big draw here for us is ½ price bottles of wine. We basically can get 4 glasses of our favorite Riesling Barnard Griffin Riesling, Columbia Value for $12, normal price is $24 for the bottle. We get almost 4 glasses of wine for $3 each glass. To make this offer even more appealing is (Mon-Thur) from 5-7 they offer all appetizers for $5. This is more than half off for a couple of them, one of them being our absolute favorite the Smoked Salmon, normally $13. So for $40 (not including tip) we got (2)Smoked Salmons, (2) Blackened Scallops, (1) Artichoke & a bottle of Barnard Griffin Riesling. Did I mention we used a $50 Visa giftcard? So this meal was free for us (including tip) but even if you were paying, where could you get this much food & a bottle of wine for $40? I actually took some of my salmon & artichoke home with me - it was too much food! We agreed, next time, a scallop each, split a salmon & split new app we haven’t tried yet for $32. Truly, a great deal! Plus I haven’t had one app from 131 I haven’t liked and I have now tried them all. The cornbread is another awesome deal, as is the The Double Dip which includes 3 different dips. The best half price app deals look like this: The Double Dip 6/10, Home Smoked Salmon 9, Cast Iron Cornbread 7, Grilled Artichokes 11, Cast Iron Scallops 13
Bottles of wine range from $24 to $36, which remember, take off half on Tuesdays only.
I will probably get fat from this blog, but hey, what’s a couple extra pounds for being able to experience and share these delectable deals with all my friends! Bon Appetit!
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