cause I'm hungry and in need of food.
Plz also post any student discounts.

Zaxby's student meal deal-- 3 fingers, fries, and texas toast, for about $4 (I think)

8/24/2009 4:59:25 PM

K&W at Cameron Village.

8/24/2009 4:59:51 PM

example?

8/24/2009 5:05:07 PM

golden dragon

when i was there (in 07) they were like $5-$5.50 and you get two meals worth of food easily

disclaimer: eating enough of this shit will most likely lead to a quick death. i claim no liability

8/24/2009 5:10:29 PM

Taco smell value menu items. It will kill ya, though.

8/24/2009 5:13:06 PM

wolves den chicken fingers basket + drink are the sheet. its like a 5 dollar bill

[Edited on August 24, 2009 at 5:21 PM. Reason : and free refills til you leave]

8/24/2009 5:17:07 PM

ramen...?

8/24/2009 5:28:35 PM

http://www.365black.com

8/24/2009 5:29:53 PM

Wendy's dollar menu FTW. or Taco Bell's, its even cheaper.

8/24/2009 6:01:26 PM

obligatory Cook Out response

8/24/2009 6:11:22 PM

GOLDEN DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

don't get something fried because it will kill your butt

8/24/2009 6:12:14 PM

i haven't been to golden dragon in forever, but my old roommate and i ate there several times a week in 06-07

i thought it was decent, fairly cheap/a good bit of food for the price

8/24/2009 6:21:58 PM

Hardee's student discount...free fry and drink with purchase of thickburger

Get a 1/3 pound cheeseburger + fry + drink for $3.21

8/24/2009 6:27:33 PM

^ good one. that's the kind of shit I wanna hear.

8/24/2009 6:35:05 PM

i ate at hardees way too many times as a student. i dont think you will find cheaper calorie per $ prepared food.

8/24/2009 6:43:59 PM

there's also something like that at the burger king on gorman

[Edited on August 24, 2009 at 6:46 PM. Reason : some sort of student discout that is]

8/24/2009 6:45:34 PM

^10% off

8/24/2009 7:46:22 PM

^5 Hardees student discount FTW and the Zaxby's student meal is 5.12 after tax

8/24/2009 8:01:00 PM

If you're in the vicinity of the Cameron Village Harris Teeter at midday, there is a VIC special where you can get a half sub plus chips plus drink for $3.99. Their half subs are much bigger than, say, a subway 6" also.

8/24/2009 8:19:41 PM

any hardee's thickburger combo for the cost of the burger only with student ID

be sure to show them your ID before you order

8/24/2009 8:29:26 PM

Quote :

"If you're in the vicinity of the Cameron Village Harris Teeter at midday, there is a VIC special where you can get a half sub plus chips plus drink for $3.99. Their half subs are much bigger than, say, a subway 6" also."

FTW...These subs are massive. You can get a 12" sub for only $4 on Fridays too.

[Edited on August 24, 2009 at 8:59 PM. Reason : yo]

8/24/2009 8:59:23 PM

http://www.freefoodncsu.com (once people start to join, which is free)

8/24/2009 10:27:29 PM

^BUY A FUCKING AD FOR YOUR SHITTY BOARD

8/24/2009 10:28:49 PM

does Melvin's still exist?

8/24/2009 10:34:45 PM

99 cent Taco Tuesdays at Cueva de Lobos

3 tacos + water $2.97 still gotta tip a little bit though

8/24/2009 10:56:42 PM

Quote :

"cause I'm hungry and in need of food."

Fast food isn't the way to go then. You need to cook though if you want super cheap. You can eat healthy and tasty food for under $3/day. (Read: Not ramen every meal). What is your budget per day for food?

[Edited on August 24, 2009 at 11:34 PM. Reason : .]

8/24/2009 11:34:07 PM

Please explain to me how to do that for $3/day.

8/24/2009 11:38:59 PM

boneless skinless chicken breast is your friend

8/24/2009 11:40:35 PM

^^
I'll spread it out over five days to compute average costs:

Breakfast: Cereal ($2), Milk ($2), Toast ($1) = $5. Or Breakfast Bars ($3) and Orange Juice ($2).
Lunch: $1 Microwaveable, or, leftovers from dinner (free) = $0-$5.
Dinner: $0.29/lb chicken leg quarters, $0.33 mac and cheese, $0.50 can of vegetables, $0.50 can of biscuits = 3 meals, avg. ~$0.60/meal
$0.99 box of spaghetti, $1.99/lb ground beef, $1.00 tomato sauce = 4 meals, ~$1.00/meal
(List goes on)

Trust me when I say I was poor freshman year. Had a meal plan, but that didn't cover everything.

8/24/2009 11:57:28 PM

^I want to know where you are shopping because some of those prices are ridiculously low...

8/25/2009 12:06:45 AM

milk alone is almost 5

8/25/2009 12:58:05 AM

milk is 3. milk prices have dropped a lot since the recession

8/25/2009 1:00:25 AM

Perlith didn't adjust for inflation from 15 years ago.


ramen is the cheapest per calorie

8/25/2009 1:14:29 AM

Quote :

"Had a meal plan, but that didn't cover everything."

it should...i had the 8 meals/week plan and managed to do just fine...i'd have one huge meal whenever i had a few hours between classes...i'd take my laptop, do homework, and gorge myself

i'd throw some fruit or whatever in my bag on my way out and fill up my nalgene

i lost 15lbs freshman year and never went hungry

8/25/2009 8:38:36 AM

Quote :

"[organic] milk alone is almost 5"

regular milk is closer to 3

Quote :

"ramen is the cheapest per calorie"

i think some of those fast food deals have it beat, and taste mucccccccch better


cookout tray is still a pretty badass deal at $4.XX

8/25/2009 9:10:13 AM

really, if you're just talking about calories, you can go to mickey d's, get two $1 sandwiches (maybe a chicken sandwich and a bacon cheeseburger, for variety, hah) and a $1 large drink

that's what, $3.21? $3.24? any of the dollar menu items will keep you alive...taco bell probably has the most calories for your money, though, if you nab some of those $0.79 bean burritos

8/25/2009 9:16:48 AM

if you go to golden dragon and just get lo mein it's like a buck for 2 lbs of noodles.

8/25/2009 9:19:09 AM

Quote :

"ramen...? "

8/25/2009 9:19:21 AM

Quote :

"milk alone is almost 5"

For 5 days, how much milk do you put in a bowl of cereal? 1/5 of a gallon?? That's over 3 cups of milk.
2 bucks seems close for a half gallon, which even then may be more than you would use for cereal in 5 days.

Perlith has given you the answer, but it's not the easy answer so enjoy your thickburgers.

8/25/2009 9:31:41 AM

Quote :

"does Melvin's still exist?"

<3 Melvin's, I used to go there and Golden Dragon all the time for lunch back in 06/07 when I was in senior design. They have a pretty good burger/fries/drink combo for like $4 I think. Although it isn't as good a deal as Hardees, it is pretty convenient since it is on Hillsborough st. This is of course assuming it is still there, I haven't visited NCSU's campus since Winter 2007 . I'll be back this weekend though .

Quote :

"if you go to golden dragon and just get lo mein it's like a buck for 2 lbs of noodles."

This is true also, I used to get pork lo mein for lunch for like $3.50. I could only ever finish it all if I was super hungry, so I usually just took the rest back to the lab with me and eat it later.

8/25/2009 10:13:21 AM

Quote :

"if you go to golden dragon and just get lo mein it's like a buck for 2 lbs of noodles."

Since the change of ownership/management a couple of years ago, the "side" portions are a smaller container and are a little more expensive. Still a decent amount of food though.

8/25/2009 10:42:52 AM

Quote :

"if you go to golden dragon and just get lo mein it's like a buck for 2 lbs of noodles."

I lived on the steam special for a couple of years (steamed veggies, white rice - cheapest full meal on the menu and probably the healthiest) until I saw someone pull out the side-dish trick. From then on out it was "just a plate of rice and lo mein please" (half portion of each) for insanely cheap. Probably a little less healthful than the veggie dish, but what do i care?

(unlike wraith^^, though, I tried to not contaminate my leftovers with carbon fiber dust by keeping it out of the lab. i refused to eat in that room. of course, you asshats also got a fancy computer lab. we had 2 computers per team stuck inside the damn construction lab. you young whippersnappers have no idea how good you have it...)

[Edited on August 25, 2009 at 11:02 AM. Reason : ]

8/25/2009 11:00:23 AM

Does I <3 NY still have the lunch special? I think it was like $4 when I was starting school but by the time I left it had gone up like $.50 or $.75, curious what it's up to now.

8/25/2009 11:02:16 AM

i guess i should have prefaced the GD thing with i havent had that meal in over 5 years and dont know if it's still accurate.

8/25/2009 11:11:16 AM

On Mondays at Melvin's from 2-5pm you can get burgers for a buck each, I think the special lasts until like Halloween...

Find a friend who has a sam's club membership, and go buy the the 60 pack of ramen for like 5 bucks, sooooo much food...

8/25/2009 11:14:09 AM

Fuck that. Get some of those premade 1/2 lb burgers from sams. They are lean and only cost about $2/lb.

8/25/2009 11:53:34 AM

Yea really anything at Sam's will be cheap in large supply

8/25/2009 11:54:38 AM

Yeah I didn't eat in the construction lab, I usually took it to the computer lab. I figured out it would be pretty unhealthy to eat in the construction lab after I sneezed one day and my snot was black with carbon fiber dust.

8/25/2009 2:24:33 PM

The prices perlith posted are more than what I pay. They are all decent prices that are very easy to find if you buy stuff on sale/store brand. chicken quarters or drumsticks go on sale for 30 cents a lb all the time, you just have to buy 5 lbs and freeze them.

8/25/2009 2:27:15 PM

^7...the special is now $4.99 after tax (up from 3.50 when i was in high school...but still a good deal for pizza and a drink). and still awesome...i don't care what any hater says.

8/25/2009 2:32:32 PM