What can $40 get you at Junk Food Alley?
2 min readFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- WANE 15 despatched a reporter with $20 in the summer time of 1985 to see how a lot 3 Rivers Competition memorabilia and food stuff it could get you. 37 a long time afterwards, we went again, but this time with $40 to commit.
There are several delightful alternatives to pick out from, but when you only have $40 to expend, you require to pick very carefully. The good news is, there was a deal at the reasonable. Most of the stands and foods distributors experienced a “$2 Tuesday” particular.
For Tuesday only, specific objects at various sellers charge $2. WANE 15 took edge of this: we have been ready to get two deep-fried Oreos, a corndog, and a smaller Dreamsicle-flavored snow cone. Typically, all of this would operate you $19, but Tuesday, it only price $6.
With the remaining $34, WANE was ready to order a variety of various pageant foods, beverages, and staples of TRF. As we walked up and down Junk Foodstuff Alley, we purchased an assortment of wonderful food items and beverages.
This included a pulled hen sandwich meal that came with two sides and a consume for $10. Eco-friendly beans and potato salad were being the sides of alternative with a Coca-Cola to consume. We also obtained two bottled waters for $3 a piece.
A several Riding Redskins, the class of 1961 of North Facet Superior School, were being having fun with Junk Foodstuff Alley Tuesday afternoon and they stated how times have transformed.
“A lot less expensive, I remember coming down below and I would go to Coney Island and I would get 10 warm canines for a greenback, and that is been a whilst,” explained a person Driving Redskin. “I believe the elephant ears back again then applied to be $2 for a actual large just one,” claimed a further.
Last but not least, we dipped into the competition staples and acquired an elephant ear for $7, and a lemon shake-up for $9. Unfortunately, there weren’t any TRF shirts or apparel objects readily available to buy, but there were buttons for $5 every.
In total, $38 were expended on food items and drinks. There is a $1 benefit payment when you shell out with a debit or credit card at a number of of the vendors which WANE was charged one particular time. This brought the whole amount spent to $39 at TRF.