11 February 2-8, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Bang for Your Buck A day-by-day guide to some of the best bites in Dallas that won’t break your budget. BY ANGIE QUEBEDEAUX Y es, dining out can be expen- sive, but with a bit of planning you can find some really good deals around Dallas. For in- stance, Boulevardier is one of the best restaurants in the city. But want to know what’s actually better? Boulevardier on a Tuesday night, when steaks are one- third off. Feel like Uchi is just a bit outside your budget range? During happy hour you’ll find discounted small tastings starting at $2. We’ve gathered up some of the best bites, pound for pound, in North Texas. They’re broken out by day of the week, so you can hit a different spot every day. Monday Pie Tap Pizza Workshop + Bar (Various Locations) Mondays are meant for meatballs. All Pie Tap locations offer half-off their chicken meatballs in tomato sauce with rosemary bread every Monday (regularly $13). Visit the website for other all-day food specials offered throughout the week on pizza, pasta and a half-bird chicken dish. BarNone 718 N. Buckner Blvd. (Casa Linda) During BarNone’s open kitchen hours (4 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.), sink your teeth into a deli- cious grilled cheese sandwich for half the regular price of $10.95 – $18.95. Choose from traditional, patty melt, Italian, short- rib and Jackson’s Ultimate. The Crafty Irishman 1800 Main St. (Downtown Dallas) One of your favorite Irish pubs, The Crafty Irishman, has one of your favorite BOGO half-off specials every Monday, all day long. Buy two beverages and a fish and chips entrée and get half off a second fish and chips entrée (a savings of $9). Tuesday Yama Sushi 8989 Forest Lane (Lake Highlands) If you’re a sushi lover, head to Yama Sushi on Tuesdays or Thursdays for all-day happy hour on more than 20 options of $1 to $1.50 sushi items. This special is offered only at the Forest Lane location. Café Izmir 3711 Greenville Ave. (Lower Greenville) Every Tuesday night is customer appre- ciation night at Café Izmir where you can enjoy $4 appetizers and vegetarian tapas plus $15 bottles of house wine and sangria from 5 p.m. to close. Whether it’s hummus, baba ghanoush or falafel you love, you can enjoy a Mediterranean adventure without breaking the bank. Boulevardier 408 N. Bishop Ave. (Bishop Arts District) Do you love sinking your teeth into a juicy steak? Boulevardier is the place to be on Tuesday night for a 33% discount on steak frites and a rotating chef’s cut. Get a wood-grilled prime steak topped with horseradish chimichurri, hand-cut fries, lo- cal greens and a bearnaise aioli for only $29 on Tuesdays (regularly $43). Wednesday RM 12:20 Bistro 9850 Walnut Hill Lane (Lake Highlands) If a delicious burger helps you make it through hump day each week, RM 12:20 Bistro offers a house burger (regularly $17) for only $10. It’s cooked to order and topped with caramelized onions, brie and arugula. On Tuesdays at RM12:20, score half-off on bottles of wine. Primo’s MX Kitchen & Lounge 3309 McKinney Ave. (Uptown) and 1914 Commerce St. (Downtown) Wednesdays are for sizzling at Primo’s MX Kitchen & Lounge, where you can get half-priced beef, chicken or vegetable fajita dinners all day. They usually cost $16 to $31. Thursday Jasper’s 1251 State St., No. 950, Richardson Jasper’s in Richardson offers great daily specials starting at 4 p.m. On Thursday eve- nings, you can get a 12-ounce. prime rib with a loaded baked potato for $28 (regularly $45) and select bottles of wine for half off. Check the website for other daily specials like discounted baby back ribs and ladies’ night out. Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewing 509 W. State St., Garland Would you rather have $12 in your pocket or a belly full of brisket tacos and a beer? Duh. At Intrinsic Smokehouse, you can get three smoked brisket tacos with achiote, pico and cheese plus a cold beer for only $12 all day on Thursdays. Forgo the beer and save a few more bucks, as it’s only $8.50 for the tacos without the beer. Check out the website for other daily specials, including house brisket pastrami on Saturdays. Friday Perry’s Steakhouse Uptown, Frisco and Grapevine While it’s technically not offered all day, we would be remiss if we didn’t scream from the hilltops about the Friday Famous Pork Chop lunch deal at Perry’s Steakhouse. On Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., get a lunch cut of Perry’s famous pork chop with whipped potatoes, homemade apple sauce and an individual loaf of bread for $19. This special is for both dine-in and take-out. The dinner-cut pork chop will run you $49, so to get a slightly smaller cut at lunch and save $30 is a steal of a deal. Saturday Hillside Tavern 6465 E. Mockingbird Lane (East Dallas) Hillside Tavern on Mockingbird Lane has a 13-ounce New York strip with a pat of house-whipped garlic herb butter finished with house-smoked kosher salt and served with house-seasoned fries and a side salad for $20 on Saturdays (normally $30). An- other great deal at Hillside Tavern happens on Sunday, when all food is half-off all day for service industry workers. And we’re not just talking about those in the restaurant service industry. The definition of a service industry worker here is progressive to in- clude real estate, retail, fitness, teachers, first responders, etc. Sunday Sushi Axiom 3211 Oak Lawn Ave. (Uptown) Nothing says “Sunday Funday” better than an all-day (noon – 10 p.m.) sushi happy hour. Sushi Axiom has several appetizers like crispy calamari and beef satay for $6.95 each. Original sushi rolls (California, spicy tuna, spicy salmon) are offered for $7.95 each. Sushi varieties like yellowtail, tuna, and escolar go for $8.95 each and signature rolls for $9.95 each. | CITY OF ATE | t Dish Clockwise from top left: Boulevardier’s Tuesday steak special; intrinsic Smokehouses brisket tacos; Olivella’s bogo pizza special; Eddie V’s mini filet sandwiches. Photos courtesy of Boulevardier, Intrinsic Smokehouse, Olivella’s and Eddie V’s >> p12
