The $5 rotisserie chicken is nice, as is the Costco chicken salad. It’s pretty tough getting restaurant meals around here for $12 or less, except if you get a big order and split something that costs $20+.
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Fries and a Pepsi.
no shake shack where we live, but i chose that mushroom burger every time i have a chance!!! so good!! and not a vegetarian here either!!
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I had a lovely spinach omelette with small biscuit and potatoes at a sweet little breakfast/lunch spot where we met again with recently discovered Colorado kin. It was $12.50, but since I got coffee too it did go way over the thread’s budget.
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I’m headed to a resort in Arizona this weekend and I intend to expense every meal. Does that qualify for this thread?
Ahh! It’s sinfully good. Especially when you get it hot right after it’s made 
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The shroom burger is my d24’s absolute favorite!
And anything w mushrooms for me is a big 
This pic doesn’t give you an idea of how big these bars are, but for $7, they’re a meal unto themselves. The bars contain oats, almond butter, sesame, poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, teff, sour cherry, shredded coconut, and a little apricot jam and prunes.
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My DH had chicken breast and strawberry salad and crab soup for $9.98 at Longhorn today!
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We went to Bombay Eats and had lunch for 2 for $12 before tax. It is a fast casual restaurant so no tipping required (basically Chipotle for Indian food).
I had a Potato Cauliflower wrap (paratha) piled high with greens, onions, marinated cucumbers and mint coriander chutney. $5.99
DH had the Messy Samosa. Samosas covered with chana, chutney, onions and greens. $5.99
Portion sizes generous but not obscene. Had plenty to eat…and cups of water free. Perfect lunch place.
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The other day, I had a stew bowl for $10.99 plus tax and 2 free cups of water. It was pretty filling so served as my dinner. It was a fast food place and I did not tip. The sandwich place had nothing under $12–most of the sandwiches were $14.99 and plates with takeout meals were $12.99 and up.
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I saw an ad for a St. Patrick’s Day full corned beef and cabbage diner at a restaurant in the town I grew up in for $12.99 (just over the limit) but the plate looked huge. Now they have Friday fish fry with several varieties, with some under $12. Gotta love the midwest.
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For 30 years I’ve lived here and never eaten in a very popular local seafood place. H either and he’s been here 55 years. Not sure why we’ve resisted, but we just went. It was really good! Probably not a typical CC’er level. Definitely not high end or maybe not moderate end, but we liked it. And the prices were amazing.
For the $10.29 platter, I got fried shrimp, hush puppies, Cole slaw, and a side of fried okra.
We definitely won’t wait another 30 years
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That menu looks… over 30 years old 
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It’s probably is. That’s the ticket though, not the menu.
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I would eat there every week. Those type of seafood restaurants are the best type of seafood restaurant.
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Sounds like my kind of place! 
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The other day, we had nice large bowls of ramen with protein and veggies for $9 and $11 but then splurged and spent $8 on a shared dessert.
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Last week we went to a long time breakfast/lunch joint we’d never tried. Very casual, lots of retirees there. I ordered the blue plate special - $6.75. Eggs and ham and potatoes and toast (I paid another 50cents to upgrade to raisin bread toast). I think my coffee was $2.50. Decent deal,
This week we tried a new Mexican place for lunch. I had an enchilada lunch plate $11.50 (with water, so under the $12). They offer 15% senior discount on Mondays, but we were too shy to ask if it applied to lunch deals.
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Well the good news, they didn’t ask you if you were! (Seniors) 
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