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Tips or Saving When Dining Out

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Date: 07/07/2006 Topic: Food Tips and Info > Dining Out  
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I was amazed to read the average American household spends more than $2,200 dining out, according to New Strategist Publications. So, we do need to be good consumers and pay attention to what we are ordering at our favorite restaurants. Be sure to ask the price of the specials, my husband and I have found it is not unusual for them to be more expensive than every other item on the menu. Simply ask how much they are as the waiter lists them. Another profit making item is bottled water offered at many eateries, even your fast food stops offer bottled water. Bottled water is a huge profit for restaurants.

If you order wine with dinner, order a glass of the house wine, it is much more $ friendly, or do like my husband and I do, have small glass of wine and a piece of cheese before you leave for the restaurant. When we get to the restaurant we are not as hungry so we order a dinner that comes with a salad to split and order one extra salad.

If you do order a bottle of wine, be certain the bottle you order is the bottle you receive. Sometimes less ex-pensive varieties are substituted for pricier versions. Some restaurants will cavalierly substitute a less expensive year but still charge you the higher.

By Bobbie G from Rockwall. TX
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