Chillin' At The Food Court, You Got Seven Bucks. Whatcha Eatin'? [TGIF]

[Tom Nook]

Since I'm in the suburbs of Vancouver, the best food court deals for $7 would probably be Chinese food at the Crystal Mall.

My best food court memories are from the early '80s when they had cocktail style arcade cabinets of Pac-Man and Centipede.

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Why are they in handcuffs?

 

[Deleted member 17210]

Why are they in handcuffs?

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That was from a soup attack incident.

 

[Sidebuster]

back in the late 80's through the 90's it'd be Orange Julius and either a hot and fresh pretzel or a hotdog on a stick (I think was the name? where they freshly dip the corn dog). Then when the trip was over we'd leave through the See's Candy exit and take some candy home.

 

[Courier 7]

A greasy ass stuffed Sbarro's slice.

 

[Soundscream]

Not sure where you're at but if you go for single items instead of combos you can have a very tasty, very sodium rich meal.

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Where do you live that $7 gets you anything substantial?

 

[BKatastrophe]

Auntie Anne's. Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel and lemonaaade -- that cool refreshing drink

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My guy right here

Although I'm craving a regular pretzel and some fine nacho cheese

 

[Tobor]

The food courts are all long gone at my local malls. Half of the malls are gone.

If this was 1997, I'd get some crunchy tacos at the Bell and a free Cinnabon from the guy I knew who worked there.

 

[Rudr]

Cinnabon or a Pretzel

 

[Watevaman]

I haven't been to mall that had a food court worth eating at in probably 15 years at this point, so I'm taking that $7 and leaving the mall.

 

[DirtyManos]

I'm not always at a mall food court...but when I am....

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And I'm getting

 

[CorpseLight]

Orange chicken and rice from Panda Express.

 

[nightstalker962]

Was Orange Julius the place with the big plate of nachos? Those were so damn good.

 

[Chixdiggit]

Mad Chicken

 

[Nexus2049]

I can't even get a fuckin popcorn chicken from kfc for $7 tax included. I aint gettin shit

 

[mnk]

If all I have is $7 I'm probably just getting something at Jamba Juice (or its generic equivalent) or Starbucks.

But if I can pretend $7 is enough to buy a meal then I'd be going to the teriyaki or knock-off Panda Express place.

 

[Geeko]

Oakridge and Valley Fair Mall here in San Jose have pretty decent food courts. Lots of choices with a Good variety. That said, I usually end up with hotdog on a stick 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[Failburger]

Cinnabon

Get the whole days worth of calories in one meal

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Probably Chinese food

 

[Cream Stout]

can i get a slice of sbarro stuffed pizza for $7? if so, it's that

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

Was the only person who enjoyed this place?

 

[pokeystaples]

Slice of sbarro and a drink.

 

[PassiveObserver]

For $7, I can get the Panda Express bowl with rice and one item. A pauper's meal.

 

[captive]

gimme that sbarro!

 

[piratepwnsninja]

All these people talking about Panda when the clearly superior and cheaper Chinese options are the randomly named places. Those are the right answer.... other than maybe a cheesesteak place.

 

[Scrub Jay]

I miss malls they always had the best cheap greasy Chinese food so good.

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

Where do you live that $7 gets you anything substantial?

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I'm in Wisconsin but I do travel. Outside major hubs like vegas, chicago, and LA, I can usually swing some good deals.

But 7 dollars really is the fun of it, cause it's an awkward number, and you'll have to travel around the court. Otherwise users might just recite their go-to orders :)

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

If this was 1997, I'd get some crunchy tacos at the Bell and a free Cinnabon from the guy I knew who worked there.

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lol this is the most legit answer cause I had a Cinnabon gal too

 

[Br3wnor]

Haven't eaten in a Mall food court in a long time, but when I used to work in a mall I had 2 go to's every night I worked, for dinner.

1. Nathans - Double cheeseburger with the BAG of fries and a large Sprite
2. Wendy's - Crispy Chicken meal w/ a large ORANGE HI-C (best drink of all time)

I'd say 2/3 of the time I had Nathans, this time of my life (2004-2006) I was also hopelessly addicted to WoW and was 300+ pounds, fattest I've ever been in my life. After I quit, I dropped 60 pounds and went to live away at college but I'll always have nostalgia for that time in my life between the eating whatever I wanted and playing WoW until 4am every night, simpler times.

 

[acheron_xl]

I will go to the mall just to get Sarku Japan, so that.

 

[Realyst]

Authentic New York Pizza!

*walks to Sbarro*

 

[Chanser]

What is the $7 Italian meal?

 

[The Albatross]

Sbarro pepperoni slice still has a special place in my heart and it always will

I don't care what you say, sbarro slice is fuckin good

Where do you live that $7 gets you anything substantial?

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Sbarro slice is like $3.39, I think you'd cruise under $7 for 2 pepperoni slices w/ tax. Shit'll fill you up for HOURS and then give you the biggest dump of your life.

noooo $4.39. STILL. short of tax looks lik you can get a slice, a soda, and stix for $6.99. Maybe you can bum the tax from someone. FILL YOU UP FOR DAYS

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

I don't care what you say, sbarro slice is fuckin good

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I am a no-shame lover of those pieces that just had enough time between the oven and hot light that some of the grease pools haha

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

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Man you can't get much from Mitsuwa's food court for $7 in California, but bump that up to $12 and you can get something good.

 

[Ramala]

Subway Sammie or Slice of Sbarro Pie. Fountain soda maybe if a combo is available.

Ahhh. The mall. Good times.

 

[The Albatross]

I am a no-shame lover of those pieces that just had enough time between the oven and hot light that some of the grease pools haha

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omg and you need 2 paper plates to hold it because it's so big and by the time you sit down you can basically see thru the paper from the grease. And for some reason the napkins are those fuckin tiny paper napkins you may as well just use your cargo shorts pockets to wipe the grease because those things aren't gonna do shit.

If you're smart you save some of your tickets from the arcade and wipe your fingers on those, then turn in the tickets for like some super mega warheads or something for dessert.

 

[Dozer]

The correct answer to this is a giant pile of greasy lo mein noodles and add some deep fried chicken in a vaguely Asian sauce

 

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[ryseing]

Panda Express has honey chicken back so that.

But if I'm doing Panda I'm throwing in $3 more and getting a bigger plate with both the honey chicken and the Beijing beef.

 

[colorblindmode]

Def a Sbarro slice.

 

[gnexus]

Chic fil a or Sbarro, I'm pretty basic. Maybe Chinese if it looks good and the samples taste good

 

[Deleted member 11985]

Chinese is my goto

 

[TheeFanatic]

There's a Taco Mexico at the mall i go to.

And a drink for under $7.

 

[amusix]

$7? Ha! I don't know....does that get you half of an item?

A California Burrito at Rubios? $10....
Salad at Tender Greens? $13...
Noodles & Co? $11....


Yeah, I guess I'd just order a jamba juice and go home and make myself some food....

 

[RecRoulette]

$7? lmao, probably a cinnabon even though in my area they're never near the food court

 

[Walter White Walker]

I rarely go to the mall but as I recall you aren't getting much there for less than $7, except for a pretzel from Auntie Anne's.
Only thing I can think of is a bowl at Panda Express with one entree - looks like that would be $6.90. So white rice and mushroom chicken.

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

those fuckin tiny paper napkins you may as well just use your cargo shorts pockets to wipe the grease because those things aren't gonna do shit.

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I am convienced there is an allegiance of pizza makers who pick these nothing-napkins just to secretly mock us at their meetings.

 

[EraldoCoil]

Costco food court

Hotdog with drink: $1.50
Pizza slice: $2.00

Save $3.50

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Meal of the gods. Lol....can even add in a churro for dessert for $1.

 

[Biggersmaller]

With $7 I would order a McChicken, McDouble, and an order of Potato Olés from Taco John's with a side of nacho cheese. Plus a fountain water.

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

With $7 I would order a McChicken, McDouble, and an order of Potato Olés from Taco John's with a side of nacho cheese. Plus a fountain water.

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Dude, Potato Olés from Taco John. Legit got mouthwatering. Gotta throw some of those on the sandwich