Latest responses to “Save Money By Eating Out At Local College Town Area Restaurants” Copyright 2013, MoneyBlueBook.com 448780 2008-08-17T12:44:56-07:00 nickle young That's a great tip! I wonder if hospital food is subsidized, contributing to the discount savings. But isn't hospital food kind of like airplane food - sort of the bear essentials in the food department?I forgot to add this earlier. You might find this useful to solve your cooking woes: "Cooking Basics For Dummies" 448740 2008-08-15T08:49:07-07:00 Packaging Manuli On many a Friday we often think about eating out, getting a takeaway etc. but then end up going to the supermarket and spending way more than we would have spent due to the "Eye bigeer than your Belly" Syndrome! So yes I agree it's sometimes cheaper and better to eat out then at home. 448770 2008-07-31T15:01:20-07:00 Raymond Mimoji, Does the book come with a personal shopper to do all the grocery shopping, a live person to do all the cooking work, and a maid to do all the subsequent cleaning? :) Because that would be quite the splendid bonus This book in particular looks like it's right up my alley - "Complete Idiot's Guide - Cooking For Guys". 448760 2008-07-31T14:59:22-07:00 Mimoji Raymond, I forgot to add this earlier. You might find this useful to solve your cooking woes: "Cooking Basics For Dummies" 448750 2008-07-31T14:58:18-07:00 Raymond Mimoji, Well I wasn't talking about pizza places or sub shops, I was talking about actual sit down restaurants, bars and grills, and sports bars that heavily cater to off-campus public university students. In my experience, they not only frequently offer great public student level pricing, but still provide good traditional sit-down restaurant food. 448730 2008-07-31T13:59:25-07:00 Mimoji "Special sweetheart financial aid packages" - what does this mean? Married couples only? I went to a private university, and there were always sandwich and pizza places nearby. I also went to school in a large city with the campus located in an expensive neighborhood. It sort of balanced out - rich neighborhood kids and poorer kids got to eat out at places in each of their price ranges. 448720 2008-07-30T11:29:51-07:00 Raymond Murray, Ah...well as I mentioned in my post, the student level pricing is likely only available in off-campus college towns near public universities or community colleges. Princeton, NJ is probably more well known for Princeton U, a notoriously expensive private university with high tuition rates catering more to wealthier students and families, or perhaps to a few students who are fortunate enough to qualify for special sweetheart financial aid packages. My assumption is that the students there can easily afford expensive amenity costs when it comes to food and entertainment. Thus the neighboring restaurants and diners have little incentive to price themselves low. It's just something I've noticed. 448710 2008-07-30T07:32:28-07:00 Murray Trillionaire I guess it depends on the college town. I live in Princeton, NJ and the restaurants are outrageously expensive. 448680 2008-07-29T12:31:14-07:00 Raymond Mimoji, How about "saving money WHEN you eat out"? Some of us cooking-challenged bumblefingers have to resort to eating out all the time. We can only eat ramen or cereal so often! 448670 2008-07-29T11:59:53-07:00 Mimoji "Saving money by eating out" - sounds like an oxymoron to me...