Well folks, I’ve been outdone. No longer are my $5 Lincoln Lunches, named for the dead man on that bill, the gold standard for cheap eats.
Introducing…3 Buck Bites. The idea behind the site is as tasty as its appearance. Eaters share pictures of their cheap finds, write 60-100 words on the grub, and share details about where others can find the meal. If only I’d thought of that!
The pictures are truly one of the best things about 3 Buck Bites. If you are nearing lunchtime, consider yourself warned. You WILL lick your computer screen clean.
The featured “bites” are constantly changing and come from around the country: Philly, Orlando, Minneapolis. Here is the start of a review of a $3.95 cup (items up to $3.99 are allowed) of Banana Chocolate Chip Gelato from Twelve Pine in Peterborough, NH.
“Bananas make for such delicious dessert bed mates – banana sundaes, banana bread, bananas foster, and banana gelato, one of the more traditional flavors of this Italian sweet,” the reviewer writes. “To me, gelato versus ice cream is like cream versus milk in coffee – if there is no gelato around, I will have ice cream, but will always prefer the former.”
My stomach is already grumbling. Check out 3BuckBites for more!
Welcome to Bargain Babe! I’m Mara, and I’m so glad you’re here. I am an obsessive bargain hunter and penny pincher, and I am determined to live a full life without EVER paying full price. 
Yes, the pictures make me hungry….but a lot of the available items aren’t complete lunches…and a lot of much too tempting sweets which would definitely put me off my diet and my budget. And the photo of the chicken liver yakitori, well, there went my hunger.
Seriously, I still prefer the Lincoln Lunch…it was something I could relate to!
Yes, you are right. The 3 buck bites are really more of a snack than a whole meal. I miss the Lincoln Lunches, too! If you haven’t already, watch the video Lincoln Lunch I did at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZaIAIRmR4o
More are coming!
This are wonderful but did anyone notice that there are no 3buckbites in California
$3.99 is a four-buck bite. Everyone knows you deceive yourself by masking the extra $. In fact, this is just more of the same attitude that–on the great-big scale of deceiving yourself–brought down the economy.
ever since I read about the Lincoln Lunch, my girlfirends and I are trying to do this, now you go and change the rules to $3.99 (hope we can find this)
Yeah, I agree with comment, the $3.99 is practically the same, by the time you add a drink + taxes.
We’ll be trying though.
I wasn’t changing the rules for a Lincoln Lunch, but I wanted to let you all know about 3 Buck Bites because it is such a tasty web site. 🙂 I hope you’ll share the LL’s you find!
I still consider your Lincoln Lunches to “gold” standard…lol
I do miss your frequent Lincoln Lunches from your Daily News days, now that your sitting at home broke, we’ll have to step-up and revive them…lol
Now that your national, I suggest a cross-country Lincoln Lunch marathon (fits in with your running).
Readers could post their own Lincoln Lunches as they cross the United States, and in video would be even better!
I do have a 3 Buck Bite that also falls under Lincoln Lunch.
It’s available at either Sam’s or Costco.
You can order an all-beef hot dog (Nathan’s at Sam’s, Kirkland at Costco) and a soda (32 oz. at Sam’s) for a $1.50 plus tax. You could even order a slice of pizza and soda for under $3.00 at either store.
Warning, the hot dogs at both Sam’s and Costco are no longer kosher. Costco did increase the size of their hot dog to a 1/4 pound, so I give credit to both retailers for continuing the $1.50 hot dog/soda deal.
For those in California, if your local Costco food court is inside the store and you don’t have a membership, just say you are going to the pharmacy (no membership required for pharmacy purchases), and instead wander over to the food court as they do not ask for a membership card.
As for Sam’s, they just recently implemented a policy that a membeship card is required for purchases at the food court. I think that will be short lived, but for now, the pharmacy option will not work at Sam’s.
SO_CAL_RETAIL_SLUT–Expanding In July!!
There were 3 Buck Bites in CA. They offered a way to search via city and state. I plugged in Los Angeles. While I didn’t see anything in the S.F. Valley, there were several offerings in Alhambra. Since when is Alhambra part of L.A.? Oh well.