BillShrink Website: Tool to evaluate Bills

I stumbled across the website BillShrink when reading an article on the StarTribune by columnist John Ewoldt called "Six simple ways to save." Using this website is one of the six suggestions he makes.

It's a simple website that identifies ways you may be able to reduce expenses in your cell phone plan, credit card usage, gas stations, and savings account allocations. Your recommendations are personalized, based on the information you enter about your usages and locations. It's very simple to use and seems to be a great resource to get ideas about the best way to cut costs without having to gather all the information on your own (which could take hours of web searching and phone calls). Check it out!

www.billshrink.com

1/2 Price Bottle Wine Nights around the Twin Cities

Ohhhh, Wine, How I love thee! The time spent sharing you with friends, the way you can enhance the flavor of food and it can conversely enhance your tastes, and the cultural windows you open my eyes to when I know I'm drinking grapes from a faraway estate--It's the closest I get to traveling there lately!

I have worked very hard to collect this list! Many resources out there are so outdated that half the restaurants have either closed their doors or changed their specials. I want this to be an accurate resource for myself, and you. I'm sure I have missed a few out there--it's bound to happen. There are also some listed that I couldn't confirm or deny by their websites or any other search, without getting on the phone and checking with them directly, which you'll find under "Unconfirmed".

Don't forget that you can have your server "cork" your bottle if you aren't able to finish the bottle. In fact, I've utilized that option on Sundays when I've wanted to picnic in the park and wine shops are closed! Hopefully this list will enable you to have a great evening over wine! Cheers!

DAILY:

Acqua Restaurant and Wine Bar • All bottles 1/2 off, 4-5pm daily • 4453 Lake Ave. S, White Bear Lake | 651-407-7317
Al Vento• at Happy Hour (4-6?) •5001 34th Ave. S., Mpls.|612-724-3009

Azia • at Happy Hour (4-7?) •2550 Nicollet Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55404|612-813-1200

D'Amico and Sons •Bottomless glasses of house wine are always available! Eleven metro locations

SUNDAY:

Amore Victoria • Sunday-Tuesday •1601 West Lake Street, Minneapolis 55408|612-823-0250

Café Ena• Sunday-Thursday All Day! •4601 Grand Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55419|612-824-4441

El Mesón• 1/2 price Sunday-Thursday ALL DAY! •3450 Lyndale Ave. S. Mpls|612-822-8062

French Meadow Cafe • Sunday-Wednesday Evenings•2610 Lyndale Avenue South, Mpls 55408|612.870.7855

Pizza Luce-St. Paul• Sun 5pm-Close•1183 Selby Avenue

Rinata• Every Sunday and Monday•2451 Hennepin Ave South, Mpls 55405

The Sample Room• 1/2 price every Sunday & Monday evenings •2124 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418|612-789-0333

Wilde Roast Cafe• Sundays & Mondays after 5pm with food purchase•518 Hennepin Ave. E, Mpls| 612-331-4544