The unemployment rate has been steadily increasing throughout the recession. Many businesses have been forced to close their doors, and families have looked to reduce their expenses in order to stretch their hard earned dollars as far as possible. Entertainment is typically the first to be eliminated from the budget, followed by reductions in utility use, and unnecessary expenses like cable television or cellular phone bills.
In an effort to keep customers coming through their doors, and to help families continue to enjoy restaurants despite the tightening of their wallets, many restaurants are offering discounted menus. If you’re looking to enjoy a meal at a restaurant while still keeping to your budget, here are several restaurants you might consider, and their reduced price menus:
Chilis
Chilis offers ten meals for under $7. These menu items are perfectly portioned – instead of getting enough for three meals, you get just enough to be totally satisfied. Menu selections under $7 include mini beef burgers, half portion of the Chilis famous Monterey Chicken and your choice of a side, tacos, full sized burger, mini chicken sandwiches with fries – both regular and buffalo flavor, flavored chicken tenders, quesadillas, cajun chicken pasta and nachos.
Applebees
Applebees offers a 2 for $20 menu, featuring your choice of a shareable appetizer and two entrees for $20. Choose from four popular appetizers: mozzarella sticks, boneless buffalo wings, crunchy onion rings or spinach and artichoke dip. Meal choices range from four different burgers, two different salad options, ribs, chicken tenders, fiesta chicken, or three cheese chicken penne, steak or shrimp.
They also have a lunch menu that starts at $5.99 if you dine before 3pm on weekdays and includes a two-dish combo that you select yourself from soups, sandwiches and salads.
Red Lobster
Red Lobster offers several lunch options starting at just $6.99 in their new “Quick Catches” lunch menu. You an add a side salad to any lunch for $1.99. Choose from favorites like beer-battered shrimp and chips, soup and grilled shrimp salad, shrimp and chicken, salmon BLT, fish sandwich, wood fired shrimp skewers, chicken BLT, and caesar salad with your choice of chicken or shrimp.
Red Lobster also features a pick-any-two (from the list of options) combo lunch for $9.50.
If you have the Entertainment book, you can take advantage of a number of buy one get one free meals at your favorite local restaurants, as well as discounts and coupons good at most fast food restaurants.
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