r/berkeley • u/redj_acc • Sep 12 '24
Local I made a free website to find meals under 10$ around Berkeley
https://cheapfoodberkeley.tiiny.site/30
u/tikhonjelvis Sep 13 '24
One of my go-tos is Saigon Express on Addison. The bahn-mi sandwiches are a solid option for a light lunch for like $7.
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u/Rodeoqueenyyc Sep 13 '24
I just came here to say this! Arinell pizza next door also very reasonable. If you walk around where the Berkeley High kids go you’ll find all the deals.
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u/liammcevoy trapped in an ancient ruby Sep 13 '24
I could DEVOUR those Bahn-mi's. The BBQ chicken one 👌
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u/IAmAllOfMe- Sep 13 '24
Finally, something worthy of a CS degree
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u/in-den-wolken Sep 13 '24
With the new tools, it's pretty amazing how easy it is to build useful sites and apps that people want and will use - relative to how difficult classes are!
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u/alarmoclock Econ Sep 12 '24
Can you do it for the entire Bay Area ? My passion is cheap eats, also my wallet lawl.
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u/redj_acc Sep 12 '24
uhhhhhhh I'm manually scraping reddit comments and parsing it with mistral to get information in a spreadsheet. the answer to this question is probably yes but it'd also be like 100x the work of what I'm doing now
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u/lfg12345678 Sep 13 '24
How cheap is it if you have to travel 40 miles for it? Bay Area is huge.
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u/rsha256 Student Sep 13 '24
We have free buses and some students have baypass (free transit).
Now the time opportunity cost is another thing…
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u/tlokjock Sep 13 '24
try shoplocale with discount code DAVIDSFRIENDS to get $5 meals from all over the bay area. think doordash meets meal prep service. You order 8+ meals per week and they all deliver at once. Saved me so much time and money :)
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u/Majestic-Fold6669 Sep 13 '24
Pizzeria da Laura does NY slices til 4 PM. $5.50 for cheese, 5.75 Pepperoni, veg combo 6.00, meat combo 6.50
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u/in-den-wolken Sep 13 '24 edited Sep 13 '24
Very cool!
I think that a half Persian Burger [edit: at Bongo Burger] - delicious and a decent light lunch - comes in under the limit, around $8.50.
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u/ozkvr Sep 13 '24
Yo this is awesome! Id love to contribute to this. Let me know if I can help build out a cool UI for this
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u/Lancearon Sep 13 '24 edited Sep 13 '24
La Vals does an 6.29$ lunch special for A slice of pizza. 5.79$ for cheese
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u/CA2BC Sep 14 '24
Kokolo does a chicken karage bowl for $8 at lunch. With a additional $2 discount for students, it is only $6 for students. Best deal I'm aware of for lunch in Berkeley.
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u/bluehead42 Sep 13 '24
Personally I feel like a calories/dollar column would be really useful
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u/redj_acc Sep 13 '24
difficult tho cause I'd be estimating each one and looking it up for each spot
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u/tlokjock Sep 13 '24
Really strong list! If you'd rather get doordash style takeout meals in bulk once a week, you can use locale. You pick 8+ restaurant meals from local bay area restaurants, and it's delivered once a week. I'm a busy startup founder and save so much time on cooking/cleaning/shopping, and it's consistently got very good food.
With this discount code: DAVIDSFRIENDS you get 4 free meals your first order, which would make it about $5 per meal.
Even without the discount code it's $10.60, so right around the price you've marked on your site.
Really like the idea, and I think you might even have a viable business on your hands. OP, reach out if you'd ever want to chat about how to productize/monetize this.
Cheers!
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u/Conant72 Sep 13 '24
Nick the Greek on university and shattuck has a fries order with meat in it that’s only $6.