How often do you go out to eat?

[LeeH]

Rarely. Cooking/baking is one of my wife's primary hobbies. If she comes home from a trip in the afternoon she may declare that we're eating out, but usually we have plenty of leftovers in the freezer.

[pwd72s]

Usually once or twice per week. A great ham n' eggs special at a place near us on our way to The Cue Ball...then after play, there is a bar that makes a great Reuben. We go for "fine dining" maybe once a month.

[944Larry]

Working away from home I have to eat out way more than I'd care to count. Lunch is always brown bag on the job though.

[LeeH]

Originally Posted by 944Larry

Working away from home I have to eat out way more than I'd care to count. Lunch is always brown bag on the job though.

My wife is proud of her ability to pack enough food so that she spends $0, even on three and four day trips. She has a monster insulated bag she carries with her. I'd love to know how much money she's saved over her career by hauling food to work.

[944Larry]

Originally Posted by LeeH

My wife is proud of her ability to pack enough food so that she spends $0, even on three and four day trips. She has a monster insulated bag she carries with her. I'd love to know how much money she's saved over her career by hauling food to work.

Reckon I could get her to pack for me???
I just hate dealing with having to fix a lunch every day. It does save a pile of money though.

[speeder]

On average, twice a day every day of my life. I'm single and I never eat at home other than occasional take-out or a bowl of ice cream or popcorn at night while watching a movie. I never eat fast food, (never), but being in a big city means that there is a lot of good cheap food everywhere. I eat two meals a day + coffee and a scone in the AM. I probably spend $20 a day on food and eat like a gourmet compared to most people in the U.S. Some days I spend $60 on food and some days I take someone else out to lunch and/or dinner and spend $100+.

I'm enjoying this short life and eating good food is a big part of it. If things ever get so bad that I have to eat ramen noodles at home or use coupons in a restaurant, just shoot me with my own gun.

Disclaimer: I know that I'm not like other people nor do I wish to be. I also have an aversion to supermarkets that borders on phobia. If I never set foot in one again in this life it would be perfect. If I really need to go to one, it's late at night and it's usually still crowded. It's really the pits of life in America, IMO. Even my meta-rich friends joke about how often I eat out. But this is L.A. You eat at a diner...some hot chick brings you the food w/ a smile...a nice Mexican guy fills your ice tea when it gets low...when it's over, you hand them a piece of plastic that doesn't even seem like money, sign a scrap of paper and wave goodbye...rinse and repeat 8 ways from Sunday...

[peppy]

As a family we eat lunch out on Thursdays after speech therapy.

Since I am in the restaurant a lot does that count?

[craigster59]

Usually just for sushi, everything else I can make myself and better tasting.

[motion]

Originally Posted by speeder

On average, twice a day every day of my life. I'm single and I never eat at home other than occasional take-out or a bowl of ice cream or popcorn at night while watching a movie. I never eat fast food, (never), but being in a big city means that there is a lot of good cheap food everywhere. I eat two meals a day + coffee and a scone in the AM. I probably spend $20 a day on food and eat like a gourmet compared to most people in the U.S. Some days I spend $60 on food and some days I take someone else out to lunch and/or dinner and spend $100+.

I'm enjoying this short life and eating good food is a big part of it. If things ever get so bad that I have to eat ramen noodles at home or use coupons in a restaurant, just shoot me with my own gun.

Disclaimer: I know that I'm not like other people nor do I wish to be. I also have an aversion to supermarkets that borders on phobia. If I never set foot in one again in this life it would be perfect. If I really need to go to one, it's late at night and it's usually still crowded. It's really the pits of life in America, IMO. Even my meta-rich friends joke about how often I eat out. But this is L.A. You eat at a diner...some hot chick brings you the food w/ a smile...a nice Mexican guy fills your ice tea when it gets low...when it's over, you hand them a piece of plastic that doesn't even seem like money, sign a scrap of paper and wave goodbye...rinse and repeat 8 ways from Sunday...

+1

Guessing I spend $1500 a month on eating out, and I hardly eat anything. Those $12 glasses of wine will get you...

[cgarr]

I stay home and eat out

[campbellcj]

I go out for lunch Monday-Friday. In Santa Monica that is typically $10-15/day for a decent take-out (non fast-food) meal with a drink. Sometimes there are specials in the $5-7 range but most of that is not the kind of stuff I can/will eat every day.

Breakfast is almost always at home; once in a while it's a drink and roll from Starbucks or Coffee Bean instead.

I used to travel a ton and thus eat out for dinner 10+ times a month too, but now that has died-down and as a family we only go out to dinner occasionally. It's mainly the scheduling and hassle-factor (with little kids) vs. cost, since cooking quality stuff at home is not exactly cheap these days either, and can take significant time. We bring home take-out sometimes vs. going out.

[azasadny]

About every 2 qeeks for us, nothing fancy. Usually on a Friday to give Beth a break after working all week...

[nostatic]

Totally depends on work/gig schedule. Thankfully my g/f loves to cook and does it well. But she gets busy as well. Typical work morning is coffee and sometimes a pastry at Peets. A guilty pleasure that helps me start the day. Lunch is eaten out but I have some local cheap places that are good. Dinner is usually cooked at home although one night a week we get pizza from a local family-owned place, and on the weekends at least one or two meals is eaten out. If I have multiple gigs often food is caught on the fly.

I don't total it up. There are only so many things in life I want to track and worry about.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by nostatic

I don't total it up. There are only so many things in life I want to track and worry about.

Yup.

My wife loves to cook and keeps a huge garden (good fresh things everyday of the year): Makes her happy.

When she is running late and would prefer not to cook, we order out. Simple.

[GH85Carrera]

About 3 or 4 times a month for breakfast, two of those are for club meetings.

Virtually every day for lunch. Many of those are sandwich shops.

Probably 3 to 4 times a week for dinner.

[JavaBrewer]

The only time we don't eat home made meals is if the kids sports/activities keep us out late and/or it's Friday night which is pizza and family movie night. Take out food is sushi or Mexican - we rarely/ever eat in a restaurant. No fast food other than the occasional (1x month) In-N-Out double double. My eating habits on travel vary - international travel = restaurants/take out. Domestic travel I do coffee and cliff bars for breakfast, skip lunch, and hit the local grocery store for dinner. I go out of my way to avoid restaurants.

[rattlsnak]

I assume you mean for dinner or on the weekends. If that's the case, we go out 2-3 times a week for dinner. If you count lunch, I eat out almost every single day. Rarely, if ever for breakfast.

[foxpaws]

I go out for a couple of lunches a week at work.

Travel for work - every meal is out... gets old.

I do go on dates - do the 3 or 4 meals a week for dates count?

[Tobra]

Rarely

My wife went out to eat a few times when we went to Monterey. I go to Subway for a sandwich about once a month, so there is $5. I went out to lunch with Hugh and his wife last week, but I don't go out to eat much.

There are other things I would rather do with my money. Besides this, in the last 25 years I have been sick 4 or 5 times, all from food poisoning I got going out to eat, and Subway is about the shadiest place I ever eat. I am a pretty good cook, and my wife is a very good cook.

[KarlCarrera]

5-6 times/month

Sometimes sit down, sometimes take out. Sometimes we're just lazy and don't feel like cookin' or cleaning

Karl