Tuesday night dining specials: spicy and cheap

• Jeff Akin, feedmekc
• The Thai Place serves two-for-one plates of phad Thai on Tuesday nights.

Hey, I’m counting my pennies like every other diner these days. Contrary to what most people think, I do eat on my own dime – just as often as I do for a review-related meal. And, hell, I want to save a little cash, too. But in order to save that dough, I need to remember which local restaurants are offering certain specials on particular nights. The Thai Place restaurants – the Westport location at 4130 Pennsylvania and the Overland Park venue at 9359 West 87th Street – both offer two phad Thai dinners for the price of one on Tuesday nights only. Both dinners must be the same (if you order one phad Thai with chicken, the second dish must be with chicken, although the spiciness level can be different). It’s a good date-night dinner.