Remembering when you could eat for cheap

[Richard22]

Every March when the NCAA Basketball Tournament rolls around, I'm reminded back when you could buy 25-cent wings at Hooters whenever a Top 25 team was playing in the tournament somewhere in the country. You could easily stuff yourself on just a few bucks.

 

[brymoore]

25 cent candy bars and pops when I was a kid.

 

[Dave N]

Small fries and a soda at MacDonald's cost an even dollar. Can of beer at the tavern was 90 cents.

 

[Hem]

1985 Kenai, Ak.
All us hobos sleeping in tents that summer took a break from gutting salmon on nickel beer night at the bar.
Food was free.

 

[Treeshark]

My standard order of x2 double cheeseburgers, x2 McChickens w cheese and large fries at McDs used to be like $7. Now it’s $15 or more.

Still delicious tho.

 

[EastTNHunter]

Taco Bell tacos used to be cheap. Chili cheese burritos were too. As a poor teen/college kid I ate more than a few

 

[Nick87]

Taco Bell tacos used to be cheap.

I hadn't eaten there in probably 15 years until this summer. Ain't cheap no more. My taste buds must have matured cuz it was shit, didn't even finish it.

 

[Nick87]

nickel beer night at the bar.

Seriously?

 

[brymoore]

Taco Bell tacos used to be cheap. Chili cheese burritos were too. As a poor teen/college kid I ate more than a few

Yep. I ordered drunk taco bell in college walking back to campus at 2am. A meal must have been a few dollars.

 

[Dave N]

Seriously?

We had 10 cent drafts.

 

[brymoore]

We had nickel, dime and quarter draft night. The size of the cup would get smaller based on the price.

I remember a quarter night with mini solo cups. Get the cup filled and get back in a long line. I’d run out of beer before the refill.

 

[Nick87]

remember a quarter night with mini solo cups. Get the cup filled and get back in a long line. I’d run out of beer before the refill.

Sounds like a pia.

 

[INMT]

Cigarettes were .99/pack

 

[NDGuy]

It ain’t ever coming back sadly

 

[Hem]

Seriously?

Yes!
Long time ago.

 

[Schaaf]

 

[brymoore]

Sounds like a pia.

You’d hang out with friends in line.

All the cheap beer promotions had limited time available and ways to limit the amount of beer you could consume.

 

[Hem]

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Are you one of those little shits^

 

[kodiakisland]

My Mom used to get a whole lunch for a nickel. I know because she will still tell me whenever this topic comes up.

 

[MR. ELITE RUNNER]

We had nickel, dime and quarter draft night. The size of the cup would get smaller based on the price.

I remember a quarter night with mini solo cups. Get the cup filled and get back in a long line. I’d run out of beer before the refill.

We had Lincoln night pay $5 for the cup and then from 8-10pm every beer was 1 cent.

It would get a little out of hand. Haha