Eat dirt cheap

[sgrizzle]

While I like eating at local restaurants, I also like eating cheap. Thought I'd throw out a few deals, see who knows of others.

Burger King:
In the fast food burger joint $1 menu war, they won. Spicy Chicken sandwiches and double cheeseburgers that taste like they use actualy beef headline the menu.

Sonic:
A noteable second in said war, $1 chili cheese wraps and in a land where chicken fingers keep getting more expensive, they put them on a sandwich for $1

KFC:
$1.99 Chicken Fried Steak Dinners every monday. Pretty hard to beat that price.

Joe Momma's:
$5 one topping pizzas Tuesday Nights 5-10pm and half price appetizers 4-6pm on weekdays. In other words, go on Tuesday between 5 and 6.

Taco Bueno:
"Value Combo" is Two tacos, a burrito and a 32oz drink for $2.99 every day
$2.99 platters featuring two entree items, rice and beans lso $2.99 during January

Whataburger:
99c Breakfast Taquitos (current special)

Quiktrip:
2 hot dogs or roller grill items $2. Get free food for doing surveys at qtwebgroup.com

Taco Bell:
Their low-fat "Fresco Menu" is fairly cheap, and yo can get a free taco coupon at drivethrudiet.com

Elote:
$2 puffy taco nights on wednesday

El Guapo:
$1 taco nights on Monday, $6 wet burritos on Tuesday night (can feed two people)

McNellies:
$3 Burger Night on Wednesday.. try to beat the crowd.

Brewburger:
$10 for 2 cheeseburger baskets on Wednesday



Any other deals worth sharing?

There are quite a few on TulsaRestaurantDeals.com but I have trouble navigting between real deals and "entree of the day" type listings.

[Conan71]

Most all dollar menus are a dollar for a reason: Garbage in, garbage out.  Really trying to watch my crap food intake these days.

[RecycleMichael]

I really like the happy hour (2pm till 4pm) drink prices at Sonic. I can get any size (even 44 ounce) diet cranberry diet limeade slushes for under a dollar.

Arby's now has a dollar menu and Wendy's has choices like chili or a baked potato for a dollar.

I think the Whataburger taquitos are terrible. The eggs taste like the made them the day before.

[tulsascoot]

I've got plenty of dirt in my front yard that's very cheap

[AngieB]

I really like the happy hour (2pm till 4pm) drink prices at Sonic. I can get any size (even 44 ounce) diet cranberry diet limeade slushes for under a dollar.

Arby's now has a dollar menu and Wendy's has choices like chili or a baked potato for a dollar.

I think the Whataburger taquitos are terrible. The eggs taste like the made them the day before.

I get this a lot and put the chili ON the baked potato. Yum!

[TheTed]

The half-price apps at Joe Momma's are also from 10pm-midnight. With that and the $1 High Life, I feel like I'm stealing from Blake. Dinner of a couple appetizers and a few drinks for less than $15 total for two people.

And kudos to Blake for being committed to being open past 10pm. It was only a little over a year ago you couldn't get dinner downtown after 10pm.

[OpenYourEyesTulsa]

Lately I have been going to some of the radio station websites and they have half price deals for restaurants.  You have to read the info before you buy because some do not include alcohol or have a quick expiration date.  Sometimes you have to act fast or they sell out like the time they had McNellies gift cards 2 for 1.

Here is one of the sites but I know there are more out there:   http://kmyz.theedgedeals.com/

I also found that following your favorite restaurants on Facebook or Twitter sometimes pays off with discounts.  Also, I joined Quiznos and Arby's e-mail list and they e-mail me some good coupons.

[Townsend]

These periodically come in handy:

http://tor.mediawebconnect.com/

http://www.halfoffdeals.com/search-deals-results.php

http://www.restaurant.com/index.asp?pgn=home

They tend to be stronger sites in the summer.

There are new ones added weekly or so by my experience.

[Noodlez]

http://tulsarestaurantdeals.com/ is also rather handy

[sgrizzle]

http://tulsarestaurantdeals.com/ is also rather handy

For those who read the first post, this is just a recap.

[Hometown]

I opened this thread expecting some new information on the Southern Practice of Eating Dirt.

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/13/us/southern-practice-of-eating-dirt-shows-signs-of-waning.html

"For generations, the eating of clay-rich dirt has been a curious but persistent custom in some rural areas of Mississippi and other Southern states, practiced over the years by poor whites and blacks."

Given the huge number of Poor Whites in Oklahoma, our people have probably been known to gobble some of that local red stuff.

Can't beat the price.

[PonderInc]

The title of the thread reminds me of "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves."  The first time I read it, I read: "Eat dirt, cheap!"

(People who are anemic have been known to eat dirt...presumably craving iron and other minerals.)

As far as budget-friendly eating establishments, you can't overlook Steakfinger House downtown.  The deluxe burger basket still comes in under $5.

[buckeye]

I agree with a previous sentiment, with one change:

Garbage in, garbage out, but some of the garbage sticks around.

[Conan71]

Lots of iron in that red dirt HT

[Red Arrow]

The first time I read it, I read: "Eat dirt, cheap!"

Several of us did.  That will teach us not to sprinkle commas where they don't belong.