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By Matthew Odam
| Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 11:00 PM
Austin has a host of options if you really want to impress a date. Four-star hotels and fine dining abound, but sometimes we may find we have champagne taste but a lite beer budget. It is this type of realization that leads some of us to look for more cost-conscious dating options. The key when trying to save money is to spend less while not seeming cheap. And despite the multitude of options at hand, it seems you think the best way to save money while still having a fun date is to head to the Alamo Drafthouse, with 29 percent of the vote, winner of the Your A-List poll for Best Place for a Cheap Date.
Almost half of the week, the Alamo locations offers amazingly cheap options, with $2 Music Mondays and the free programming of Weird Wednesday and Terror Thursday. The money that you save on a regularly priced movie ticket can then go toward buying you and your date a bucket of beer to go with your popcorn or pizzas, and even when you are paying full price, you still get the chance to kill two entertainment birds with one stone. How’s that for efficiency? The Alamo offers first-rate entertainment in a fun environment away from the throngs of families and children at the regular cineplex, along with sandwiches, burgers, pizzas and salads that rival any mid-level restaurant in town.
When it comes to entertaining a date on a budget, the Alamo offers you the chance to look cultured and hip without breaking the bank. And, go ahead, get the real butter on your popcorn, you cheapskate; it’s free.
Others receiving votes
- Mount Bonnell, 12 percent
- Home Slice, 10 percent
- Frank and Angie’s, 10 percent
- First Thursday, 8 percent
- Baby Acapulco, 7 percent
- Zilker Botanical Garden, 7 percent
- Movies in the Park, 6 percent
- Elephant Room, 3 percent
- Crown and Anchor, percent
- Jackalope, 2 percent
- Austin Park & Pizza, 1 percent
- Nasty’s, 1 percent
- Third Base, < 1 percent
Write-ins: Dolce Vita, Freddie’s Place, Magnolia Cafe, Maudie’s, Mean-Eyed Cat, Milto’s, Poodie’s Hilltop, Roaring Fork and Shady Grove
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