With all of the Recession Specials being offered by restaurants these days, it can be difficult to determine the really good ones from the not so good ones. Some are no-brainers. Bar Blanc Bistro’s 50% off bar deal (5:30-7pm Sun-Fri) which they recently extended indefinitely is hands-down a no-brainer. Same with Ammos’ 50% off your entire bar check on Monday and Friday nights. And ditto to Irving Mill’s Monday night $15 Beer + Burger + Whiskey deal. Some restaurants, however, seem to just be offering Recession Specials for the sake of offering Recession Specials.  Take Rosa Mexicano’s 25-Years=25% Off  Anniversary Offer for instance (note the Recession Special in disguise). 25% off sounds pretty good on the surface, right? But take a closer look and you soon realize how asinine this 25% offer is. First, you have to have lunch at Rosa Mexicano and keep your receipt. Then to get your 25% off, you have to go back to Rosa Mexicano (only valid for lunch) within 7 days. I don’t know about you, but apart maybe from co-founders Doug Griebel and Dan Hickey and their families, I don’t know too many people that are eating lunch at Rosa Mexicano two times a week. We’ll keep doing our part to help you navigate the vast sea of recession special choices. Thankfully, there’s also Grub Street’s “Deal or No Deal” and Recession Reviews by 89th & Broke (check out this one of Tabla’s 10, a menu of small plates for under $10) to help guide you. Grub Street has yet to strike out with a Recession Special, concluding that both Smith’s $35 Chicken Dinner and Elleteria’s $33 3-course prix-fixe are DEALS.

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