Probably the
worst part of being a college student is being continually broke. While it’s true some of us have rich parents
or particularly well paying jobs, the vast majority of us have to scrape by on
whatever we can earn between classes.
This can be a real problem when the weekend comes around and you want to
go somewhere nice. Nobody wants to spend
Friday evening eating McDonalds. In
order to help my fellow San Antonio undergrads, I’ve decided to list my top 5
favorite restaurants where you can get a great meal for $10 or less. I hope someone can take advantage of it.
Let’s start
with a Mexican restaurant because there are so few of those in San
Antonio. Mamma Margies is my favorite
karaoke, Mexican restaurant in town.
It’s also number 5 on this list.
Being that I used to be a student at UTSA, I spent many hours at the one
near Wurzbach and I10 eating great food and being entertained by tone deaf
karaoke singers. Here, you can find
entire Mexican plates as cheap as $6.99.
If I may say so, their Carne Guisada plate is damn good for $8.49. Pretty much anything you could order there is
great for the low price.
Number four
on my list is Flying Saucer. It’s a
trendy place near Huebner and I10 with a decent menu. They’re also one of the only two places on my
list that serves alcohol (with a really decent bar actually). Their selection of food is pretty
diverse. You can find a number of meals
under $10 on their menu, especially among their burgers and sandwiches. Their saucer burger is especially good, and
it’s only $8.49.
Number three
is every insomniac’s favorite. Chacho’s
is number 5 on my list. Entrees can be
as cheap as $5.49, and it’s a pretty good deal considering how good it
tastes. Here in San Antonio, we have a
lot of Mexican restaurants, but it’s rare to find one that’s so cheap and so
good at the same time. It also doesn’t
hurt that they’re always open and serve alcohol.
Now we’re
getting to the ethnic restaurants that I really have a passion for. My second favorite, cheap restaurant is Thai
Corner. While they’re fairly expensive
at dinner time with most of their meals tipping over the $10 mark, they rule
when it comes to lunch. They have what
may be the best lunch special in the city.
For $7.95, you can get an appetizer, a soup, an entrée, and a
drink. Trust me when I say it’s more
than worth it. Even if Thai Corner
didn’t have their lunch special, it would probably be my favorite Thai
restaurant in San Antonio. It’s insanely
good Thai food, and the low price only makes it better.
My favorite
cheap restaurant in San Antonio, last but not least, is Pasha’s. It’s a little Mediterranean place near
Wurzbach and I10. Now, putting Pasha’s
on here is cheating slightly. With both
tax and tip, many of their meals can put you above the $10 mark. Being the cheap bastard that I am, I partly
circumvent this by ordering their food to go.
With the cost of a meal being about $8.99 on average, you might end up
getting a little above $10 by following this strategy. Still, it’s highly worth it. This place, hands down, has the best
Mediterranean food in the city. I have
yet to encounter anything that comes even close.
Well, I hope
my restaurant suggestions go a long way to helping impoverished college students
out there. Have a good one.
