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You can also try industry-specific coupon sites, such as Restaurant. com coupons. When in doubt, call ahead. On my first trip to Oregon, Travel Portland hooked me up with a nice swag bag that included a coffee shop discount coupon.

Local guides published by such groups often have a whole coupon section in the back. Check their websites for mobile coupons as well. My go-to restaurant-finding aid is Yelp.

Google Maps works in a pinch too, and its quality has really improved over the years. Both Yelp and Google Maps have user-friendly price-filtering tools that exclude overpriced restaurants.

Add at-a-glance star ratings, detailed user reviews, and usually accurate menu details, and you have pretty much all the information you need to make an informed, cost-conscious decision about lunch or dinner.

Weekend editions in particular often have extensive coupon sections. Plus, restaurants are more likely to run prix-fixe meals several courses for a fixed price or cut-rate daily specials at lunchtime, especially during the week.

Restaurants often compensate for multicourse variety with smaller, more basic portions that often cost less for them to make. Ask servers for their honest opinions about prix-fixe value and read Yelp or Google reviews to ensure you make the right call. Special occasions call for special experiences.

If your trip coincides with a birthday or anniversary, you likely plan to have a spendy celebration dinner. You might get a free dessert or drink out of it.

Value-added dining experiences kill two or more birds with one stone: They fill your tummy while entertaining or informing. In the U. Weather is a factor — in less temperate climates, outdoor performances are generally relegated to the summer months. The more significant issue is time.

Nor is it necessary to learn as much as you can about urban foraging before you visit a new city. All you have to do to sniff out free or low-cost food is be in the right place at the right time.

For example, make sure you get to these eateries during the right time of day:. Clever event organizers use free apps and refreshments to lure on-the-fence attendees. Affirm their decision-making by patronizing said events, such as museum exhibit openings, university lectures, teach-ins, and rallies.

That alternative weekly you picked up earlier should highlight the highest profile of these events. Do some Internet sleuthing or check individual institution websites to fill the gaps. Going vegetarian or vegan is a healthy, frugal lifestyle choice.

Travel an opportunity to break out of your animal protein routine and try plant-based alternatives. cities, where vegetarian and veggie-friendly restaurants abound, and in countries where meat is less central to the local diet.

Specializing in Chicago-style hot dogs, Dog Day Afternoon is named after an Al Pacino movie about a bank robbery that was partly shot on the same block of Windsor Terrace.

The hot dog boasts a couple of small innovations New York style pickles, for example, and sweet miniature plum tomatoes , but otherwise the genre remains intact. Located a short bus ride straight uphill from the Staten Island Ferry, New Asha, founded in , is a funky sort of place with excellent Sri Lankan food.

A glass case displays heavy tubular fritters that are good for snacks, but why not sit and chow down on halal meats like mutton or jackfruit curries, poured over rice and served with yellow dal and a chopped vegetable salad.

At lower prices and with more of a lunch counter atmosphere, Al Aqsa specializes in pita or laffa sandwiches, tucked or rolled, respectively, and filled with chicken shawarma, falafel, or lamb shish kebab, slathered with a strong toum, a garlicky white sauce.

Kufta, bread dips, lahmacun in several variations, and even schnitzels round out the menu. This hour West Midwood Pakistani cafe with a chile-pepper logo has it all, from snacks like samosas and stuffed breads that are great for rapid snacking to full meals that include meat and vegetarian dishes served with rice, bread, or both.

Go for the ground meat kebabs, which absorb lots of smoke in the clay oven, or haleem, a delicious porridge of lamb, wheat, and lentils. The steam table offers many vegan dishes. The pizzas remain on the menu, and they are quite good in themselves.

It specializes in roast beef sandwiches on kaiser rolls, the meat rich, moist, and deliciously rimmed with fat. Dip it in meat juices small extra charge , or eat it plain.

It can get pretty crowded on weekends as patrons line up for multiple forms of khachapuri — often hot out of the oven — along with roast chicken, stout smoky sausages, and other beach-friendly tidbits. Lamb or chicken shawarma sandwiches of mind-boggling volume are a sideline.

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Learn more about our editorial process. Visit Website. Pork lumpia from Patok By Rach in Inwood. Also featured in:. Carving the pork roast at Los Primos. Pizza delivered hot to your table by co-owner Sal Natale. Kalguksu in soup with dumplings. Roti John sandwich at Native Noodles. Sign up for the newsletter Eater NY Sign up for our newsletter.

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You can opt out at any time. The steam table at Papaye. The magnificent falafel platter at Tamam. Bigoi with puttanesca sauce. Typical plates of steam table selections. The fabled big tray chicken. Amazing Grace Restaurant.

A milkfish silog breakfast.

6 Easy and Convenient Ideas for Healthy Eating on a Budget · 1. Go meat-free a few days a week. · 2. Try frozen fish. · 3. Have a clean-out-the- Missing I love apples with peanut butter. Amy's Chili. Butternut squash soup. Canned stuffed grape leaves. Yogurt. Amy's burritos

Affordable and convenient dining - Here are 40 great dining destinations, including some old standbys as well as new favorites, where you can dine well for $20 or less — and 6 Easy and Convenient Ideas for Healthy Eating on a Budget · 1. Go meat-free a few days a week. · 2. Try frozen fish. · 3. Have a clean-out-the- Missing I love apples with peanut butter. Amy's Chili. Butternut squash soup. Canned stuffed grape leaves. Yogurt. Amy's burritos

Here, canned chickpeas replace the more-expensive chicken but still deliver that satisfying Buffalo flavor. Stock up when beans go on sale and use in wraps, salads, soups, stews and more for a healthy, inexpensive plant protein.

Budget Tip: Canned black beans, precooked rice and whatever veggies you have on hand are all it takes to whip up this fast and flavorful bean and veggie taco bowl. Use whatever pantry staples you have on hand to create this low-cost meal and skip an extra trip to the grocery store. Budget Tip: Chicken often goes on sale, so when it does, stock up and keep it in your freezer.

This one-pot pasta uses less-expensive flavorful chicken thighs combined with veggies, dried herbs and cheese for a delicious and creamy one-dish dinner. Pictured Recipe: Slow-Cooker Beef Stew. Budget Tip: Tougher cuts of meat, like the beef chuck used in this easy beef stew recipe, are affordable options that simply need more cooking time to become tender and juicy—which makes them perfect for the slow cooker.

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Healthy Eating Budget Cooking Guide. Convenience foods from fast-food or full-service restaurants tend to be more expensive than those bought from grocery stores.

Not surprisingly, as household incomes rise, households shift from ready-to-eat food from grocery stores to fast-food and full-service restaurant meals. On the other hand, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP provides program participants with funds to purchase food from grocery stores, and as a result, SNAP participants tend to buy more food from grocery stores and less from restaurants than non-participants who are eligible for SNAP.

Understanding what motivates these consumers to purchase convenience foods has important implications for public health, given that convenience foods are often associated with lower nutritional value.

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Learn more about our editorial process. Visit Website. Pork lumpia from Patok By Rach in Inwood. Also featured in:. Carving the pork roast at Los Primos. Pizza delivered hot to your table by co-owner Sal Natale. Kalguksu in soup with dumplings. Roti John sandwich at Native Noodles.

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The fabled big tray chicken. Amazing Grace Restaurant. A milkfish silog breakfast. Bun choley at Harry.

A combination plate at Asian Taste The egg salad may be regarded as a hamburger alternative. Basil chicken at Terra Thai. The pork schnitzel is served with two scoops of mashed potatoes and your choice of two salads.

Goat curry comes with a bowl of lentil soup at Little Myanmar. A lamb doner sandwich on Turkish bread. Sichuan classics from a northern Chinese perspective. Bakhtar Afghan Wali Baba Grill. Goat curry and grilled lamb chops.

Platter 33 at Halal Diner. The al pastor spit twirls at Taqueria Al Pastor. Pera Ždera Peter Eater. Pljeskavica from Pera Ždera. Ali's Trinbago Roti Shop.

A chicken roti with the flatbread on the side. A perfectly breaded chicken schnitzel at Mama Kitchen. Parking lot, Cross Bay Blvd, Queens, NY The busy scene inside New Park Pizza.

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