Have you heard of it? Have you tried it? I just rediscovered it. I had tried it once, but the deal I found is even better. All you do is go to Restaurant.com, look up your area and you can buy $25 gift certificates(GC) for $10-12.50. But type in the code CHOW and you can get an additional 50% off making the cost around $5. PLUS you get an additional $10 Gift Certificate for FREE.
This is my weakness, eating and eating out. I like to try new food and I like it to be interesting and I don’t like chains or burger joints…I like good food. So this is a great find for me since I am willing to spend money eating out.
So we used our GC the other day at Holdens Bistro in Portland. We have been by this place a lot and have always wanted to try it. The only catch was we needed to buy $35 in food in order to use our $25 GC, which I paid $2.50 for.(I bought when the discount was 80%) We just so happen to show up during happy hour, so we ordered a few things off of that menu, we also ordered off the regular menu and got 2 drinks. We got our bill, they took off the $25 and added an 18% gratuity and the total bill was $34. Had we not had this coupon it would have been $60.
Best part was we thought the food and place was just ok. Nothing was bad, the service was fine, but nothing stuck out as amazing. So in the end we were glad we got to try this restaurant and it only cost us 1/2 price. Great way to check it out.
So take a minute and go check it out.
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With the economy the way it is, it seems like everyone is cutting back and trying hard not to spend money aimlessly on things. I think this is great. This is something that many people have needed to do for years now. But with so many blogs out there filled with all types of money saving tips, which I too will share, there comes a point where you feel guilty buying something that you truly want or enjoy, but you need to know, it's ok to splurge every now and then. 
