Good Sam's Lovejoy Station

It is hard to sell this without sounding weird, but there is no other way of selling it. The best family dinner deal in all of NW is at the cafeteria at the Good Samaritan hospital. We heard about it from some other blog post for cheap eats in NW, so we gave it a shot, and, indeed, it is.

If you enter through the garden off of 22nd ave., then you can deny the hospital-ity of the place, and, once inside, you're in a standard issue cafeteria with delicious grub at great prices. They have daily specials (the last one was prime rib with mashed potatoes and roasted corn and peppers, mmmm) as well as a stir fry station (my personal recommendation, where they make a stir fry from scratch) pizza bar, salad bar, mexi-station and burgers, fries and the like. And no one is ever there (well, not many) and there's space to roam and run (within reason, of course) while munching the tasty treats. Add on frozen yogurt for 30 cents an ounce, you've got the deal of the century. Or at least the neighborhood, for sure. Our last dinner bill, two full entrees, which included the aforementioned prime rib, really delicious chicken enchaladas, spaghetti for ruth and dessert for four totalled less than $17. (desert and milk and lemonade included).

Which, you know, is something, when you're eating out 5 nights a week because it's too freaking hot to boil water in the kitchen. We have even had full dinners for less than $10, if you just opt for the veggies and rice for three bucks.