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-- Even a fat man can get full here for $4.99! All day on Wednesdays, that price gets you a seven-ounce bowl of spaghetti with tomato, marinara, or meat sauce, bottomless soup or salad, a loaf of bread, and a non-alcoholic beverage.
-- Don't let the hot pink facade or its ghetto-fied location fool you. This Chinese and Thai restaurant on Lamar has some of the best Chinese food in town, and about half of its menu is under $5. I usually go with the Vegetable Fried Rice ($3.25), which is enough to feed at least three people. I'm also a fan of the vegetable soup for two, a clear broth with fresh steamed veggies and crispy crackers for $1.85. Their meat entrees are equally cheap.
-- No wonder this place is so hip. For $5, you can eat your heart out at Pho Hoa Binh's lunch buffet, and it's a vegetarian's dream come true. Nearly half of the buffet selections are tofu dishes.
I know what you're thinking. I can't get full on one bowl of black bean soup. And that's probably true. But don't forget about the freebies. With a free hefty basket of warm tortilla chips and a large bowl of salsa to start you off, this hearty soup with a hint of lime for $4.50 should tide you over.
This large salad for $3.99 is a true value since even the bowl is edible. The bed of iceberg lettuce is topped with red cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, cheese, and pepperoncini peppers and your choice of dressing.
Olive salad, provolone and mozzarella cheeses, lettuce, tomato, bell pepper, and onion on pita bread with your choice of chips, potato salad, or a fruit cup. All for $4.69. This is one of my all-time favorite lunches, and the prices remain the same through dinner.
This place has the King of all Cheap Beers -- Pabst Blue Ribbon -- on tap, which means they reign supreme catering to poor, Midtown hipsters. Even better, on Thursday nights, it's all-you-can-drink for just $5.
By far the cheapest beer bust in town. For $4, drink all you want from 9 p.m. to midnight as you watch the city's loveliest drag queens strut their stuff. Now that's value!
This is also a Pabst Blue Ribbon bust. For $5, drink until you drop or until the keg runs dry, whichever comes first. DJs Sex Pot Piper and Franswa spin old-school tunes until midnight.
You and your fellow tightwads will be in heaven on Too Tall Tuesdays. Special items are just $2 ($2 Coors Light, $2 burgers, $2 off all Red Bull drinks).
-- For only $4, you can get a pitcher of Miller Lite or Bud Light. It's best to bring friends and take turns buying pitchers. By the time you finish four, you'll each have a good buzz and money left to burn elsewhere.
On Saturday and Sunday mornings, head over to the Blue Monkey and try one of their thick and spicy Bloody Marys for just $2.50. Perfect for curing that hangover from too much beer the night before. Not an early bird? No problem. The special runs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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