It's really hard to get a deal on restaurants these days. We used to buy the Entertainment guide but around here, the last year I bought one, only half the restaurants in it honored the coupons. We would go and the game for the year was, "Oh, we're sorry but we are under new management and we no longer accept Entertainment Guide coupons." My wife would keep score in the book and it just got to be too frustrating. That was one game, the other was where you saw the sign at the reception station, so we comply and place the EG coupon or card on the table when seated. This is a flag for the waiter to make everything a la carte menu as opposed to dinners with... IT really began to pixx me off even though at 50% still valid coupons the EG was still a good deal. I just got tired of the sub standard treatment and getting the "we're sorry" routine by surprise when we went there.
Another favorite trick was the 2 for 1 which was common but that was only for the main entree and your vegies, salad, coffee and apetizer were all addons plus several 2-1 restaurants would auto add 18% tip.
Besides- I just saw the movie " Waiting" and once you see this movie, you'll never want to eat out again if you have a choice.
