Category — Cheap Eats

Here’s an  inexpensive date night: Viva Cooking School is showing an Italian movie free on Friday night. But there’s more: sign up in advance for a “light” supper and you’ll get an entree for $6.  Italian wine is $6. And dessert is $3.  The next film is Una Giornata Particolare (A Special Day). An RSVP is required for the  light supper.

Friday May 7, 2010
6:30 pm  dinner 7 pm film

Viva Cooking School
7160 Keating Avenue, Sebastopol

Call to reserve dinner places. 707-824-9913 or 800-655-8965

The Red Rose Cafe, in the little strip mall at the corner of Piner and Coffey has an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet for $7.95 on weekdays, and a terrific brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. Beer and wine, southern-style cooking, and it’s fabulous! But don’t take MY word for it – go and check it out yourself. [Read more →]

What a great, inexpensive date night! Viva Cooking School is showing Italian movies free on the first Friday of every  month.  But there’s more: sign up in advance for a “light” supper and you’ll get an entree for $5.  Italian wine is $5. And dessert is $3.  The next film is La bestia nel cuore (Don’t Tell).

Friday, September 4th, 2009

6:30 pm  dinner 7 pm film

Viva Cooking School

7160 Keating Avenue, Sebastopol

Call to reserve dinner places. 707-824-9913 or 800-655-8965

Santa Rosa Junior College Culinary Café & Bakery has reopened for the summer session. They’ve got  a seasonal a la carte selection of dishes priced at  $4 for appetizers, $9.50 or less for entrees, and $4 for desserts. The menu changes weekly and features organic fruits and vegetables from SRJC’s Shone Farm in Forestville. Check out InsideSonoma’s fun post about the  SRLC Culinary Cafe & Bakery.

This is a shameless lift. My Cheaps Eats posts have been languishing (guess who hasn’t eaten out recently?) But I just came across a review of Real Doner (speciality: cheap Mediterranean food) on Heather Irwin’s BiteClub blog. I haven’t been there yet, but it has just moved  top of my list.  Heather’s advice is always good. Cigarette Borek and Bulbul Yuvasi, here I come! (to read the full review go here.

Real Doner

307 F. St.

Petaluma

707-765-9555

Have you been to a great (and inexpensive) Sonoma County restaurant recently? Want to write a cheap eats review? Email me at lisa (at) sonomaonthecheap.com

Sondra Bernstein (who also owns The Girl and the Fig in Sonoma and The Fig Café in Glen Ellen) opened Estate in Sonoma in a recession. A daring move for any restaurateur, but good news for frugal customers. The regular menu isn’t cheap (entrees are roughly $10-$25 each) but in order to attract a local clientele during hard times, she began a Pizza and Pinot promotion—a 12″ pizza and a glass or Pinot Noir or Pinot Grigio for $10 (available only in the bar, porch and patio lounge). [Read more →]

If you want the atmosphere of a nice restaurant (no eating on Styrofoam) but your budget is more along the lines of fast food, you might want to try Sugo Trattoria’s Tapas Tuesdays. They have a revolving menu of tapas (Spanish small plates) and a  selection of 10 house wines that go for $5 each g lass on Tuesdays from 5 pm to 9 pm. We ordered 2 tapas and a glass of wine each, and shared.

It’s not supercheap ($15 and tip each), but we were stuffed, and thoroughly enjoyed it (we could have ordered three tapas between the two of us and been satisfied).  We ordered salmon cake (wonderful), bruschetta (which came with 3 different varieties-you get to chose which three), Pesto pizzetta with goat cheese and sundried tomatoes, and housemade chips with melted gorgonzola & rosemary. The service was great.

Sugo Trattoria

5 Petaluma Blvd South #B

Petaluma

707-782-9298

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