Specials for Budget-Conscious Foodies

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NECTAR: Take 50 percent off menu-listed prices. Enjoy half-price appetizers 4:30-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and all day Sunday in the bar and lounge, plus a $12.95 Express Lunch Special with soup or salad and sandwich or entrée (menu below) Monday-Friday from 11:30 a.m. 1091 Lancaster Ave., Berwyn; (610) 725-9000, tastenectar.com.

Choice of soup or salad:
• Cinderella pumpkin soup, crispy goat cheese    
• Shrimp miso soup, bok choy, scallion ($2 supplement)
• Baby greens salad, panko breaded goat cheese, nectar vinaigrette
• Crispy potato dumplings, vegetable salad, soy glaze

Choice of sandwich or entrée:
• Grilled fresh calamari salad, chorizo sausage, frisée, arugula, lemon virgin vinaigrette
• Pork tenderloin sandwich, gruyere cheese, Chinese broccoli, home-baked rosemary potato bread
• Crispy chicken, serrano chilies, black bean, Thai basil, Chinese broccoli tips ($4 supplement)
• Pork and Chinese sausage fried rice
• Nectar vegetable fried rice, ginger egg
• Saffron infused basmati fried rice, light curried chicken
• Salmon, tuna or spicy tuna sushi roll
• Petite branch creek baby greens salad, panko breaded goat cheese, nectar vinaigrette
• Nectar lo mein, smoked wild boar, Chinese sausage, baby greens  
• Vietnamese beef tenderloin petite sandwiches, rosemary potato bread ($4 supplement)
• Moo shu chicken, leeks, shiitake, bean sprouts, sweet peppers, serrano chilies, cucumber salad, pancakes ($6 supplement)
• Lobster fried rice, fresh yellow corn, tomatoes ($6 supplement)
• Maryland jumbo lump crab cake sandwich ($6 supplement)
 

GYPSY SALOON: Savor the $5-at-5 p.m. bar menu 5-7 p.m. Monday-Friday and Sunday for dinner (menu below). Plus, there’s a Pizza and Stromboli menu with $20 bottles of wine on Sundays for dinner and half-price off the entire wine list on Tuesdays. And Monday-Friday is half-off small plates from 5-7 p.m. at sib Stella Blu (101 Ford St., West Conshohocken; (610) 825-7060, stellablurestaurant.com). 128 Ford St., West Conshohocken, (610) 828-8494, gypsysaloon.com.

Drinks:
• Rubylicious: Absolut Ruby Red, Triple Sec, Cranberry & Pineapple Juice
• Pears & Apples: Absolut Pear, Sour Apple & Ginger Ale
• Mango Twist: Absolut New Orleans, Orange & Pineapple Juice
• Mandarin Crush: Absolut Mandarin, Peach Schnapps & Orange Juice
• POMtini: Pearl Pomegranate Vodka, Triple Sec, Roses Lime Juice & Pomegranate Juice

Food:
• Panko Crusted Crab Cake, served with a chili lime sauce and micro-greens
• Ground Chuck Burger, served with ketchup and cheddar cheese on a potato roll with chips
• Buffalo Shrimp (3) on a grilled crostini topped with crumbled Gorgonzola
• Calamari, tossed with reduced balsamic
• Chicken Quesadilla, chicken and cheddar cheese tortilla, topped with corn and mango salsa, sour cream and guacamole

Wine:
• House Red or White

Beer:
• $2 Yuengling & Miller Lite Drafts
 

SAVONA: Each Friday at 5:30 p.m., sommelier Melissa Monosoff explores wines from around the world, featuring different grapes, regions and themes—$25 for six wines and a sampling of hors d'oeuvres. 100 Old Gulph Road, Gulph Mills; (610) 520-1200, savonarestaurant.com.
 

BISTRO CASSIS: Enjoy another $5 food and cocktail menu from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. 175 King of Prussia Road, Radnor; (610) 293-9411, pondrestaurant.com.
 

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