The post-meal artery scraping puts it out of the 'cheap eats' category ;)

Mine, too, but I've seen some Pho get ridiculously expensive. I walked out of a little restaurant that wanted $12/bowl.

I'm sure it's good, but eating so much on the road made me institute a no pre-cooked food at home rule that is rarely broken.

That and for $8 BJ's has a two pack of uncooked chickens.

Amen!

Brio Tuscan Grill offers many of their appetizers/small entrees for $2.95 each. Each location has different times they are offered. My local one is M-F 3-7 and 9-close, so it works well for a pre-movie dinner on Friday night date nights.

http://www.brioitalian.com/$2.95+bar+menu.html

Three selections between two people is more than sufficient for a nice, filling meal.

Washed down with a cold adult beverage too?

olutely!

Absolutely! And at happy hour, a real bargain. What could be bad.

Can't go wrong with a good lunch special at a hole in the wall Chinese place. I did this for lunch today and had Mongolian Beef and vegetables, fried rice and eggroll for $6 with tax.

In the morning.. Subway flatbread or english muffin with eggwhite.. works out to about just under $4 with a hot tea..

Bahn mi (Vietnamese sandwich) from Pho Point Loma Grill on Midway Drive, not far from SAN/Lindbergh Field in San Diego. Served on a FRESH French baguette with BBQ chicken, beef, or pork, pickled carrots/daikon, onion, cilantro, and green chili, all fresh and meat cooked to order for $3.95. Absolutely delicious!

yum.. hadn't had one for awhile.. I usually get pho, or rice.. but the Vietnamese sandwich is such a treat.:)

Several scrambled eggs with a bunch of butter. Maybe costs a $1 if you are buying the good stuff.

Culver's Snack Packs! Plus a Mini Mixer.

In PA some of the Giant Supermarkets have a hot fresh Chinese food area. You can get three large size choices, enough for 2 people for about $7.00. Food is pretty good and certainly very large portions. Many choices to pick from.

Toonie Tuesdays at KFC (Canada).. used to be $2 for 2 pieces of dark meat and fries..

Have slowly crept up to $2.99 over the years..

Al-Khartoum in University City, Philadelphia - good foul medames and cheap (for the states) baklava and basbousa (around a buck)

+1

Near my office, fairly close to SYD, there's a Vietnemese bakery (Hong-Ha) that does awesome vietnemese rolls. $5.50 with a drink. The queue at lunch often stretches 20-30m down the street.