The Secret Hideout of Cheap Restaurants

Though it is much cheaper to cook at home than to eat out, sometimes going out is inevitable. But where would one go on a tight budget?

Here is a little known secret – the best place to look for cheap healthy eateries of all kinds is near the local college or university campus.

Cause students don’t have money, mostly don’t cook, are prone to many food movements (vegetarian, vegan, green, ethnic, etc…), and are always hungry. And the local business owners know that.

I used to live near the University of Waterloo. There is a whole area of restaurants right next to it where you can get all imaginable food for a fraction of the price elsewhere charged. Next to each other, and undercutting each other on price where Egyptian, Greek, Falafel, Italian, Indian restaurants and more. I blame the location for me taking a whopping ten years (after I moved out of my parents’ place) to actually start cooking. But if you are more intelligent than I was and only go out on occasions, than these places are a great source for cheap food.

And thought it’s true that many of the customers will be students, they won’t be the only ones. So you don’t have to worry about looking odd. Besides – you could always pass for a student. Or a professor ;)