But how much, exactly, should you spend on dining out versus contributing to savings?
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Customers have been shrinking their budgets and cutting back on dining out in the weak economy.
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At first they invested in a basic-level membership that had the lowest monthly fee and a two-figure monthly minimum on dining service.
The restaurants can derive additional value through placement on dining destination sites.
The pair are among a group of packaged food companies that have benefited as Americans cut down on dining out to eat at home and save money.
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While the internal focus is on dining and creature comforts, outside the Palazzo it is about exploration, and guests are provided bicycles for that purpose.
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In addition to special deals on dining and travel, Chase now offers members exclusive experiences at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular or the Sundance Film Festival.
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In the future, electronics shops in shopping malls will give way to retailers that are focused on dining and fun, according to a new report out today by Jones Lang LaSalle.
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This means less to spend on dining out.
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The breakdown of spending from a typical consumer is as follows: 7.5 percent on groceries, 5 percent on dining out, 4.5 percent on gas, 2 percent on travel, 1 percent on rotating categories that some cards offer on a quarterly basis, and 0.5 percent on department stores.
He'll set the hot pan on the dining table and invite his guests to dig in family-style.
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She consulted frequently with her hand mirror, another fixture on the dining-room table, alongside the pristine place settings.
The books for deep reading, the maps to layout on the dining room table and plot our journey.
Meanwhile, she was the catalyst behind the Twombly painting from his Rome series, which hangs on the dining room wall.
At his home they had already seen him compulsively realign silverware on his dining table and milk cartons in his refrigerator.
"Fast-casual chains make a statement: They spend little on advertising but a lot on the dining experience, " says Novak, a former chief executive of KFC.
High up in the Staffordshire Moorlands in the village of Endon, Liberal Democrat candidate Christina Jebb has her campaign leaflets set out on the dining table.
In my house, every night at dinner we have a big piece of paper that we put on our dining room table as our tablecloth and we doodle.
As a sport that was originally played as an after dinner game on the dining tables of 19th-century English homes, table tennis seems to have come full circle as a social activity.
For more public on mountain dining, Vail opened The 10th last winter, in honor of the 10th Mountain Division, and I had the pleasure of eating there last season.
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Vetri, another local culinary superstar, does not have the long list of eateries that Starr has, but he has found success with his unique twist on Italian dining at Vetri, Osteria and Amis.
From there, Statman said her life was radically altered: On a filming trip, she went with Nelson to the house of a detective who had worked on the Tate case and who had mountains of police reports, photos, "everything imaginable" piled high on a dining room table.
"We have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds inside on the theme, we have replicated the first class dining area on the floor from old pictures, " he said.
About 150 guests attended, dining on chilled sweet yellow beet borscht and roasted loin of venison.
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As I mentioned, it has spas, plenty of non-skiing activities, and is especially notable for its on-mountain dining.
There are several on-site dining options, from sushi at Arrigato to Russian at Mutbak to Italian at Salve.
Atlanta also came out on top for dining, amenities and business traveler services.
You could find yourself dining on wild garlic with Welsh rarebit (toasted bread with a hot cheese sauce) or wild leaves with spring lamb.
Additionally, you can earn double rewards on travel and dining purchases.
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