It's no secret I love eating out just as it is no secret that I can't afford to eat out as much as I want.

I can eat out because I had to give up my car in 2004 so between insurance, repairs (it was a 1974 Chevrolet Caprice convertible), gas, oil, license tags, registration fees, I was saving enough money to eat out is spite of prices of food, let alone restaurant prices, going higher and higher.

One way I can afford to eat out is buying/using coupons from groupon, localflavor, Sunday papers, mailers, in most cases being 2-4-1 or 50% off.

In October things were really looking up as I got to eat in 3 of my favorite restaurants including Bistro MezzaLuna where so far it has been impossible to get a bad Italian dish plus Quarterdeck which has 5 star Jambalaya among other items plus, yes, a fast food place, Subways which have great breads and sandwiches.

We did discover a new restaurant which I thought was a franchise but is just a concept put to work by Joe who owns Press&Grind. There is no doubt that he, and everyone he has trained to work for him, knows the customer is important and takes care of them.

Last, but not least, we discovered Burgerstop and their above average cheeseburgers that run a little high in price, though they are worth it, so it will be a once in a while go to place, definitely looking forward to going!