By Mike Thayer Pizza – Perhaps the greatest food invention ever and I don’t know about you, but I don’t know anybody that does NOT like pizza….. So who makes the best of the cheap frozen variety? How will your preferred brand stack up? I like pepperoni, it’s my go-to for a pizza topping and […]

By Mike Thayer Now THAT’s a sandwich! Available for a limited time, Arby’s has put together a fantastic sandwich that is a MUST TRY! Here’s the description from the website:  Pepper bacon, smoked ham, roast turkey, roast beef, and chicken filet. Topped with mayo, cheddar cheese, tomato, and shredded lettuce. That’s almost every meat we […]

By Mike Thayer Sloppy presentation, skimpy portions, well, EXCEPT the broccoli…. A friend of mine was celebrating a birthday the other day and so a group of us met her and her significant other at Logan’s Roadhouse to celebrate.  It was a Saturday night, a busy night for the restaurant, but there was no waiting […]

By Mike Thayer I don’t know about you, but when on the road, I HATE pulling into a place that looks OK on the outside but has nasty restrooms and unfriendly and/or unmotivated staff on the inside. So with traveling on the agenda last week, I thought it would be appropriate to rate the more […]

By Mike Thayer Back in May of 2019, I completed a hazelnut flavored coffee challenge, in search of the best one.  I’ve since found another one to add to the list.  Barissimo Hazelnut Coffee, available at Aldi, is definitely a coffee you should consider.  Costing me $3.79, that’s a VERY Bachelor on the Cheap friendly […]

By Mike Thayer Are there that many people out there eating sub sandwiches but not really caring or understanding that they’re possibly not eating at the best establishment?  That maybe, just maybe, they’re eating only, sadly, at a place they’re merely accustomed to, what they’ve settled to be comfortable with? It would seem so, otherwise […]

By Mike Thayer Burgers, chicken nuggets, pizza, tacos…… What are you supposed to eat when none of the above sounds good? A crispy fish sandwich of course! But which fast food joint makes the best fish sandwich?  In the name of ‘food science’ (a’hem, cough), I have sampled fish sandwiches from all the national fast […]

By Mike Thayer The Buffalo Chicken Regular readers know that I’m not a huge fan of Papa John’s pizza.  To me, it’s average pizza.  But they’ve been teasing us all with their Papadias, the flatbread sandwiches which look delightful.  You’ve no doubt seen the commercials and with dinner to think about on a Monday night […]

By Mike Thayer Can you eat nothing but fast food value meals for a week on just $50? That’s a budget of just $7.14 a day. Are there enough restaurants out there offering value meals that will fit in the budget? Will there be enough variety? Will I stay full enough, no snacking required? Can […]

By Mike Thayer I always have some kind of cereal on hand.  Sometimes it’s for breakfast, sometimes with a little fruit and a heavy dose of cream, it makes for an impromptu dessert.  And although Captain Crunch with Crunch Berries is my all time favorite cereal, that’s not what I typically have on hand.  My […]

By Mike Thayer Pizza is my favorite food.  Burgers, steaks, lasagna, anything grilled and an assortment of other dishes are high on the list of favorites, but there’s nothing quite like a good slice of pizza pie….  That slice of pie has that perfectly baked crust that’s flaky/crispy on the outside, but tender and fluffy […]

By Mike Thayer Blended and flavored whiskeys are red hot right now, consumer demand for brown spirits continues to rise with American Whiskey in particular seeing some phenomenal sales growth. Regular readers know that I am a fan of flavored whiskey, I’ve always got a bottle of something in my freezer for a chilled shot […]

By Mike Thayer So I was at work, thinking about what to have for dinner, as I failed to pull anything out of the freezer in the a.m. before work and I didn’t have any leftovers on hand to reheat….. “Pizza!” I said, in typical, bachelor, man-speak…… My next thought was, where is a convenient […]

By Mike Thayer Can you eat nothing but fast food value meals for a week on just $50? That’s a budget of just $7.14 a day. Are there enough restaurants out there offering value meals that will fit in the budget? Will there be enough variety? Will I stay full enough, no snacking required? Can […]