The food: One Monterey Jack cheese flat ($3.49) and one medium (16-ounce) Hawaiian Punch (99 cents).

Total with tax: $4.75

Place: Flats Grille, 551 E. Grand River Ave. (517)332-8888

Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Delivery: Delivery is only available for catering services.

Xtras: The flat came with cornbread, a carrot stick, pickles, tortilla chips and salsa.

Our thoughts: Although the cheese-only flat is essentially a quesadilla with green onions (and nothing more), the chips, cornbread and veggies that came with it made for a good lunch. The medium salsa was a little spicy, but the Hawaiian Punch cooled things down nicely.

Be careful if you expect to eat at Flats for less than $5 all the time. There's not much on the menu you can get for that little - although it's still worth the price.

Kurt Ludke