Lunch Hot Spots

One of my biggest guilty pleasures is going out to eat. Even though I'm completely capable of fixing my own meal and usually have a refrigerator full of food at home, there's something about going out to a restaurant and having someone else do it all for me that is always so enticing. Usually I feel bad about it later, because I could have saved money by staying in and making a sandwich.

A way to get around this is to go to your favorite restaurants for lunch. I was just at Basil Press on Friday, and had an amazing lunch for $6.95, complete with leftovers. There are a lot of places like this downtown that have the same or similar menus for lunch and dinner, but everything at lunch is half the price as it is for dinner. Besides Basil Press, some of my favorite lunch places in Athens are Last Resort, East West Bistro, and DePalma's. When I go to any of these places, I still feel like I'm treating myself to a nice lunch, but I don't break the bank.

If you are visiting Athens, don't be turned away by the expensive-looking restaurants downtown. Check out the menus, peek in to see what the atmosphere is like. Pretty much anywhere you go, you will have a great experience and an affordable meal.