re: How much do you spend eating out?

You need to learn to cook, man. I know there are time crunches sometimes with kids but you don't have to cook something elaborate every night. You'll eventually get to a point where you're pissed off eating out because you can cook better meals at home for 1/4 of the money, no risk of DUI, and not have to pack lil' crumbcatchers into the vehicle.

We might order a pizza every once in a while when things get crazy, an occasional lunch, maybe take the wife out somewhere nice every once every couple of months. That said, my kids are teenagers so they ask for money for food when they're out and about with friends, which can add up quickly.

Restaurant food is generally loaded with calories and salt, the latter of which I have to monitor. We could afford to eat out more. We just like cooking at home.

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what a lucky lady

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Dude, we live out in the boonies and like to make a night of a meal out, often drinking pretty heavily, hitting bars, etc. It's an hour to downtown ATL, 25 mins to the nearest halfway decent restaurant, and Uber/Lyft are not prevalent in our area. We don't drive drunk. Like Fallguy, we both really enjoy cooking so staying in is actually something we both enjoy doing if it's just the two of us.

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How much do you spend eating out?

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About 3.50 minutes

8 downvotes? Y'all poor or what? 3 or 4 meals a month at nice restaurants are $600-$1200 a month

Maybe $150 a month, tops. I bring my lunches and I'll have dinner out a few times a month at cheap bastard places.

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3-5 business lunches per week and 2-3 business dinners a month.

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5-8 lunches/dinners

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$500-$600 a month

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Y’all eating at Piccadilly?

I always Darth was a mechanic

I can’t imagine him entertaining customers.

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Y’all eating at Piccadilly?

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My go-to lunch place with customers is Nikki’s West although I frequent a lot of places, depending on what part of the state I’m in on a given day. Most lunches are myself and one other. A few weeks ago one customer did show up with himself and six guys though. That lunch was at a place called Cedar House and the bill was like $120 with tip.

A dinner for an larger customer is usually Ruth’s Chris or Flemmings and averages roughly a little over $100 per person. The largest bill I’ve had to pick up was $800 and some change. That is the exception though. The average business dinner though is around maybe $50-$75.