As the group of 17 people are seated in the nicely furnished restaurant surrounded by plasma screens showing different kinds of sports games they await their waiter to take their order. One by one all of the 17 people order the same thing the famous $2 burger, and it had to be a Monday because the burger was only $2. As they wait for their order the young, hip, college age student's talk about what they're doing this week as one of them plays with their straw, the other is texting away on her cell phone, and the one kid in the baseball cap trying to make a snake out of his straw wrapper. Two waiters come twice bringing in the burgers with fries to all 17 people. One by one they start enjoying the burgers and when its time to pay the bill is not even half of what it was if they were to come on a day other than a Monday.
2100 W. Irving Park is a location where people can find something cheap to eat, it is called O'Donovan's or Od's as the regulars call it. On Monday's at Od's you can get a burger with fries for just two dollars. Extra toppings like tomato and onions are 25 cents. "I've been coming to Od's since my senior year in high school. My ex boyfriend would come here a lot with his buddies and I decided to come here one day and try it out for myself. Since then me and my friends have made it a tradition" says Martha De Luna a sophomore at North Eastern Illinois University. For some Od's is a place to hang out and relax with friends. "I like it and all but the burgers have a funny taste to them, but I don't know I just come because it's something nice to do with my friends" says Dulce Coronado a regular at O'Donovan's. Gladys Diaz is another O'Donovan's customer. She says she's never been there other than on a Monday. "The quality is great and it's cheap. It's not always easy to have money to spend on eating out" Diaz says.
Since many college students are strapped on cash there are some restaurants that offer special deals that are usually catered to college age people. They serve things like burgers, pizza, and wings.
First there is Take Five located in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. There specials are as simple as there name, everything on the menu is five dollars. They serve a variety of foods including soups, salads, chili, chicken wings and nachos. They are located at 3747 N. Southport Avenue. Second there is a place right on campus of Columbia College Chicago. It is called Bar Louie located on 47 W. Polk. This restaurant serves dollar burgers on Tuesdays after five o'clock. Toppings on the burgers are 25 cents extra. Next we travel to 223 W. Jackson Blvd. in downtown Chicago. Here at Giordano's Pizza during lunchtime only you can get a personal deep dish pizza for just over six dollars. "The pizzas are ready and available for customers to take. They come in cheese, sausage, and pepperoni," says Brenda Munoz a host at the Jackson location. "If a customer would want a personalized pizza there would be a wait of at least 30 minutes." Munoz says. The pizzas are intended to be a "to go" item. "We have customers that come in and order the pizzas and have a seat," says Martha Munoz, a waitress at Giordano's. The lunchtime special is only available at Giordano's locations in downtown Chicago.
Our next location is called Kelsey's at 2265 N. Lincoln in Chicago. On Monday's you can get a ½ pound char burger for just a dollar, if you want fries it will be an extra dollar. There are some restrictions to this deal. The dollar burgers start at 4p.m., it is dine in only, and there is a two drink minimum. Also at Kelsey's they have five dollar pizzas on Tuesdays. Another restaurant with the exact same deal on burgers on Monday's is called Kendall's, which is located on 2263 N. Lincoln. Here at Kendall's they also have a deal on jumbo wings. Here you can have a jumbo wing for just 25 cents on Tuesdays. There is a 10 wing minimum and the deal starts after 4p.m.
Traveling through different parts of the city, a person can find many deals on food. These food choices may not be the healthiest but they are some of the cheapest. One thing a cheap eater must remember is that restaurants have deals on special days at special times and some restrictions may apply.
2100 W. Irving Park is a location where people can find something cheap to eat, it is called O'Donovan's or Od's as the regulars call it. On Monday's at Od's you can get a burger with fries for just two dollars. Extra toppings like tomato and onions are 25 cents. "I've been coming to Od's since my senior year in high school. My ex boyfriend would come here a lot with his buddies and I decided to come here one day and try it out for myself. Since then me and my friends have made it a tradition" says Martha De Luna a sophomore at North Eastern Illinois University. For some Od's is a place to hang out and relax with friends. "I like it and all but the burgers have a funny taste to them, but I don't know I just come because it's something nice to do with my friends" says Dulce Coronado a regular at O'Donovan's. Gladys Diaz is another O'Donovan's customer. She says she's never been there other than on a Monday. "The quality is great and it's cheap. It's not always easy to have money to spend on eating out" Diaz says.
Since many college students are strapped on cash there are some restaurants that offer special deals that are usually catered to college age people. They serve things like burgers, pizza, and wings.
First there is Take Five located in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. There specials are as simple as there name, everything on the menu is five dollars. They serve a variety of foods including soups, salads, chili, chicken wings and nachos. They are located at 3747 N. Southport Avenue. Second there is a place right on campus of Columbia College Chicago. It is called Bar Louie located on 47 W. Polk. This restaurant serves dollar burgers on Tuesdays after five o'clock. Toppings on the burgers are 25 cents extra. Next we travel to 223 W. Jackson Blvd. in downtown Chicago. Here at Giordano's Pizza during lunchtime only you can get a personal deep dish pizza for just over six dollars. "The pizzas are ready and available for customers to take. They come in cheese, sausage, and pepperoni," says Brenda Munoz a host at the Jackson location. "If a customer would want a personalized pizza there would be a wait of at least 30 minutes." Munoz says. The pizzas are intended to be a "to go" item. "We have customers that come in and order the pizzas and have a seat," says Martha Munoz, a waitress at Giordano's. The lunchtime special is only available at Giordano's locations in downtown Chicago.
Our next location is called Kelsey's at 2265 N. Lincoln in Chicago. On Monday's you can get a ½ pound char burger for just a dollar, if you want fries it will be an extra dollar. There are some restrictions to this deal. The dollar burgers start at 4p.m., it is dine in only, and there is a two drink minimum. Also at Kelsey's they have five dollar pizzas on Tuesdays. Another restaurant with the exact same deal on burgers on Monday's is called Kendall's, which is located on 2263 N. Lincoln. Here at Kendall's they also have a deal on jumbo wings. Here you can have a jumbo wing for just 25 cents on Tuesdays. There is a 10 wing minimum and the deal starts after 4p.m.
Traveling through different parts of the city, a person can find many deals on food. These food choices may not be the healthiest but they are some of the cheapest. One thing a cheap eater must remember is that restaurants have deals on special days at special times and some restrictions may apply.
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