Attention LunchSpotters!!!

We would just like to thank everyone for their continued support throughout our first six weeks of yourlunchspot.com. If you are a 'Follower' are just a mere 'Lurker' on the page, we thank you for coming back time and time again. You may have noticed that we have passed 1,000 hits for the site! That is because of you, (or our moms just hitting refresh every five minutes) but let's just say it's because of you!!!

To celebrate this feat and continue the journey to find 'Recession-Friendly' lunches, we want to ask YOU for help. Our first Lunchspot contest is simple. Send us your favorite 'recession-friendly' lunch spot and tell us their 'bargain' for lunch. We will post these deals on the site (if we find them 'recession-friendly') BUT (As Billy Mays says) there's more... We will select one of these deals for the lunchspot crew to take you out to eat, our treat... and yes, you can guest blog that day. A free lunch, a chance to become a guest blogger and probably a celebrity of some sort, and an afternoon with the lunchspot crew! Whew, we're giving away the farm here people.

Just send us an e-mail with your 'recession-friendly' lunchspot, and we'll do all the work!!!
yourlunchspot@gmail.com

-Yourlunchspot crew!

Odds in winning 1:who knows. The lunchspot reserves the right to change any and all contest rules at any time for any reason because they are new to contests and sure that someone is going to stick them with a huge lunch tab.

King Street Grill.......TV's Galore!!!!

The lunchspot crew was down a man today and after drawing out of a hat; Ish, Jay and I landed on King Street Grill. I was very confused when Ish admitted that it was his choice. If you have read our very first blog, it was the Ishmister's take on a very un-enjoyable experience that he had at the Grill. Come to find out at the lunch table, he whips out a $10 gift certificate he had. That sneaky guy played Jay and I.

We arrived and were immediately greeted and sat down to watch any one of the 23 tv's in the place. Wednesday's are half price burger days so that's what we went with. I ordered the Santa Fe burger in a wrap and Jay went with a "burger with only bacon". Ish was the healthy guy today and made his body happy with him by going with a delicious looking $9 salad. Food arrived and was nice and hot. I really enjoyed my burger and the chipolte mayo that comes on the side.

Time: 20 minutes or so... very reasonable. It was not crowded so that helped.
Price: This is the only day of the week that I can afford to eat lunch here. $5.50 for a burger and fries is a great deal!
Atmosphere: Very good, tv's everywhere!!!
Facilities: RJ would say that this is a "tuff lunchdump spot!"
Highs on trip: 1/2 price burgers!
Lows on trip: Having to leave all of the tv's and get back to work!
Advice: Go on half price burger day! Otherwise, you will be overpaying!

Stay safe out there! That swine flu sounds nasty!!

T-Boyd

Monday and Tuesday!!

We stuck with value the first two days of this week.

Day One was Moes for Moes Monday:
The Special: Every Monday, a Big Burrito (chicken or ground beef), chips, and a drink for $5.

Day Two was Andolini's for 90's Special:
The Special: This special is over, it was a slice (one topping), a salad, and a drink for $3.50 FLAT!

The quest continues!!

Ish

Wild Wing...Thanks to Your Place!!

Friday April 24th we decided to give Your Place a try in Mt. Pleasant. We have heard that their burgers are great. Unfortunately they were closed again. Do you think they call it Your Place because you have to get a key made and just go in and make your own burger? Just leave your money on the counter when you leave! They go on the honor system there. Unbelievable guys! When are you open! Holidays only??

Anyway, because Your Place was closed we then chose Wild Wing Mt. Pleasant because it was right around the corner. Walking in to this place you can't beat the atmosphere. TV's everywhere, people having a good time, bar going nuts at 12:30pm on a Friday, and lovely workers (all look, no touch here!!) I'm taken ladies!!

Today's adventure brought a couple of guest appearances from T-Boyd's lovely girlfriend Sydney and her friend Heather. I would like to mention we had all 4 bloggers in attendance for this lunch feast!!! Great day!

Now that my health kick is in full effect for the reunion in July I went with the 4 chicken feathers with celery. I wanted those fries so bad! My order worked out well because Sydney and Heather eat like rabbits. They gave me like 3 or 4 of their feathers. I went with Gold Rush flavor for mine. Man I love some Gold Rush!!

My only complaint for Wild Wing this day was time. It took an easy 20-25 minutes for our food to get to our table. It wasn't even that crowded in there. Most of the people eating got the lunch buffet anyway. I really don't know what happened here guys but someone dropped the ball in the kitchen. We all ordered feathers pretty much. Ish got a chicken and friends wrap. That is just a couple scoops into a wrap. Not hard at all. Just my 2 cents. Let's work on time a little Wild Wing. Especially at lunchtime with people having to get back to work.

Overall I give Wild Wing a 7.0 for this trip.

Time: 20-25 minutes for food to arrive. Not good this time!
Price: $6.42 Great!
Atmsphere: oCan't beat it! Great scenary!
Facilities: Not the best, but at least 3 options for a lunchdump
Highs on Trip: Ball of Look, No Touch
Lows on Trip: Time
Advice: Hit or miss these days with service. Food always great!

Top Five o' the Week for 4/20/09

Jay

1. Moe's - 7.5 ....scoop guy is the man!
2. Andloini's - 6.75 ....I am a fan of Andolini's and its laid back atomsphere
3. Wild Wing - 6.5 ....food was good, atmosphere good, service and time were no bueno!
4. McAlister's - 6 ....nothing bad here but nothing exciting either.

Tripp's Take on the Week

McAlisters-7.5
Moes-7.0
Andolinis-6.75
Wild Wing-4.1

McAlisters had a new menu and I enjoyed my half salad and sandwich for a reasonable price!
Moes is old reliable.
At Andolinis the crust was a little strange this time around.
Wild Wing was a tuff lunch for me. The queso appitizer was great but the service was very slow and the feathers were very overcooked. Thank goodness for great company on this lunch!

RJ Top Five of the Week

1. McAlisters-7.5 (Lovely New Salad on the Menu)
2. Wild Wing-7.0 (Good Food, Need Some work on Time though)
3. Did Not Attend
4. Did Not Attend
5. Did Not Attend

Ish for the week

1. Moes-6.5 (solid $5 Moe's effort)
2. Andolini's-6.0 (not too bad, but lots of room to be wow'd)
3. Wild Wing-5.0 (way too long for service, food was just okay, but time was key disappointment)

"I Think We're Alone Now"... not by Tiffany

Well today we took an hour off of our busy work schedules to solve work, life, and other people's personal problems. I know society appreciates everything we do. We snuck into Andolini's after a reverse hat draw by yours truly (Jay's idea). Believe it or not, I wasn't extremely excited about pizza today (Look out of your window to see if the sky is falling). Yeah, I was craving salad of all things. Anywhoo, we beat the rush by about 3 minutes. No wait. I ordered the slice, salad and drink for $7 flat. Not too bad at all. Plus the slice came with a topping (bonus). I will tell you that the seating is a bit questionable. It's not the newest interior I've seen in a restaurant, but I think that's a little bit of their thing. It's kind of an old school Mellow Mushroom. Or a Mellow that stopped caring. Their old school 'hippie' feel is somewhat endearing. It's the type of place you expect to see sand on the floor from everyone fresh off the beach stopping by for a slice in their VW van back in the day. Overall the food was good. Definitely hot! Not a huge fan of the crust on the pie. The crisp bottom of a New York slice isn't my thing. Sorry. But it was quality. I enjoyed the switch for a day.

Time: salad about 45 seconds, pizza 4 minutes maybe.

Price: 7 bones. good to-go drink

Experience: not too bad. I would call it 'Pleasant'. Good discussions, A little too much work talk, but probably my fault. You know it's too much when Jay changes the subject to Lost!

Atmosphere: Covered it!

Highs: Not being charged 75 cents for my olives on my salad. And them not skimping on the ingredients.

Lows: Should be that they only had one salad dressing to choose from, but it probably was learning that Tiffany wasn't even the first person to sing the one hit that she actually had! Tisk, tisk, tisk, I never thought my opinion of her could sink any further. She's definitely no Robin Sparkles.

Advice: Good spot. Give it a try next Mon or Tues. You can get the same deal I had for $3.50!!!! No joke! They're doing a old school special. You may see us there! Unfortunately for Jay, that beats Moes!

-Ish

Choo-Choo...The Train has left the Station...Again!

Anyone who knows my fellow lunchspot crew member RJ has heard many times of him starting up one of his now famous trains. Well he is on the tracks again!!! This train apparently is due to an upcoming 10 year high school reunion. These trains have a history of starting off with the power of a locomotive and usually are derailed faster than a fat boy (not you RJ) playing dodgeball. So with the train and new title of "salad guy" in mind RJ suggested McAlisters as today's lunchspot. We were greeted by a short line, a new menu, and a friendly cashier. I ordered first and went with my usual bacon spud and a sweet tea in the quart sized cup (big fan!). When our food arrived at the table I felt like I was eating a dozen glazed donuts compared to RJ, who had a salad, and T. Boyd, who went with half sandwich and half salad...and water to drink for both guys! Geez fellows we aren't in prison! My spud was quite tasty with good temperature, melted cheese and evenly distribute bacon. It also came on a real plate with silverware instead of a basket and plastic ware, which was nice change for me at McAlister's.

Time: No problems here.... I would say 30-40 minutes.
Highs: Knowing that RJ and his train are rolling!
Lows: T.Boyd already throwing Moe's below McAlister's in the top 5 ranking for the week....this guy is always quick to put down my favorite spot! I hope my Moe's scoop guy is reading!
Price: $9.12 for a baked potato and sweet tea is a little steep!
Atmosphere: Nothing special, just your basic lunch crowd and some girl who had on a winter scarf with shorts on a sunny 75 degree day....an odd look!
Advice: A decent spot if you don't want to walk out not feeling stuffed and are short on time.