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5 Free Food And Drink Deals Every New Orleanian Should Know About

Stretch out that $0 budget REAL far.

Abbie Sussman

Sep 27, 2016

Food, Music and Culture in New Orleans

5 Free Food And Drink Deals Every New Orleanian Should Know About

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As a college student on a budget, I’m always looking to find the best deals on food and drinks in New Orleans. In the process, I’ve discovered that there are several establishments in this city that offer food and drinks ABSOLUTELY FREE. Thank me now. Your bank account (and your parents) will be thanking you later.

1. Free beer Fridays at New Orleans Lager and Ale Brewing Company

Every Friday between 2 p.m. 3 p.m., enjoy two free beers when you show your valid 21+ ID. And since you saved your money on the drinks, indulge in McClures BBQ as a drunken snack. The mac and cheese is to DIE for. You can also enjoy a free tour of the brewery while you’re there!

2. Free oysters on Fridays at Le Bon Temps Roule

If you like oysters (and who doesn't?), head over to this cool bar on Fridays to enjoy some for free while you listen to some awesome live music.

3. Free appetizers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Il Posto Cafe

This cute and quaint uptown cafe is a great place to grab a bagel, a cup of coffee, and read a book any day of the week. But on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, this place is a hot spot. Along with their happy hour deals on wine and beer from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., they also serve free appetizers to their lucky customers. Some past free items have included bruschetta, roasted brussels sprouts, and veggie chips. Cheap booze and free food—what can get any better?

4. Free Sunday dinner at the Hare Krishna Temple

If you like Indian food and a little bit of spirituality, then this is the place for you. This temple serves a free vegetarian feast called prasadam, or "spiritual food," every Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

5. Free dinner every Friday at Handsome Willy's

Head here between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. for a free dinner that is actually substantial. They switch off between steak tacos, fried pork chops, burgers and brisket. Did I mention this takes place during happy hour? And it used to be a brothel, so it's pretty darn awesome.

Now you can never go hungry (or thirsty), even when your bank account goes down to zero.

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5 Free Food And Drink Deals Every New Orleanian Should Know About

Stretch out that $0 budget REAL far.

1. Free beer Fridays at New Orleans Lager and Ale Brewing Company

2. Free oysters on Fridays at Le Bon Temps Roule

3. Free appetizers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Il Posto Cafe

4. Free Sunday dinner at the Hare Krishna Temple

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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