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  Buttress Your Budget with Takeout Saving Tips While You Support Dallas Restaurants

  April 9 at 4 a.m.

  If you want a restaurant to be open when we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, be a patron. Get takeout, order delivery. Etc. But also, stay on budget because we don’t know how long this will go on and how it will affect each of us economically. I’m in...

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  Primo’s Is Back with Great Happy Hour Deals

  March 3 at 4 a.m.

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know Primo’s MX Kitchen and Lounge made a grand return to Uptown last month, following an almost seven-year hiatus. Bringing back Texas and southern Mexican cuisine, Primo’s has been a long-missed favorite. Primo’s also has plans for two new locations at the...

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  How Foxtrot Market Can Be a Frugal Instagram Fantasy

  February 27 at 4 a.m.

  Don’t be fooled by the bright, Instagram-friendly lighting, the ivory aesthetic and the shelves of wine. The new Foxtrot Market locations you’ve seen in Uptown and University Park are very much approachable. Sure, the idea of an “elevated” bodega may elicit a few eye-rolls, but Chicago-based Foxtrot, surprisingly, is an...

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  Budget Bites: Good Ramen Isn’t Cheap, but Wabi House Has a Lunch Deal for Noodle Cravers

  February 20 at 4 a.m.

  It’s not hard to find a good ramen joint in Dallas. There’s probably a ramen shop within walking distance of your apartment. Contrary to the stereotype, though, eating ramen every day may burn a hole in your wallet. Sure, you can buy several blocks of Maruchan ramen for 25 cents...

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  Get a 3-Course Meal for $15 Every Thursday at El Centro College

  February 13 at 4 a.m.

  It’s no secret that many of Dallas’ chefs and restaurateurs are products of El Centro College’s Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality program. People such as Chris Vogeli of III Forks and Janice Provost of Parigi are among alumni of the junior college and constantly recruit students of the program to work...

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  Budget Bites: Get a Meal at III Forks for Less Than $20

  February 6 at 4 a.m.

  You might think one of Dallas’ better steakhouses may burn a hole in your wallet, but III Forks has a happy hour when guests can have wine, cocktails and filling bites at a discounted price. During happy hour, from 4 to 7 p.m. daily, wine by the glass and draft...