The 5-Spot isn’t letting its specials go for a five-spot, but the restaurants in the Chow Foods group are extending what’s still a strikingly inexpensive dinner deal. It was originally supposed to end by spring.

Endolyne Joe’s, The 5-Spot, and The Hi-Life are all offering blue-plate specials linked to the price of the Dow Jones. Tonight, with the Dow’s most recent closing price at 7,278, the special would rung up at $7.28. The “Bell Ringing” deal runs Sunday through Thursday. Atlas Foods also features a nightly Blue Plate for $9.50, which the Chow folks describe as “simple supper specials like an applesauce-topped pork chop, Chicken-Fried Steak or Spicy Sausage Lasagna,” with sides and coffee. Actually, they say, “with sides and a cup o’ Joe,” because that’s how they talk at Chow. I put up with the schtick because their food is solid (sometimes much better than solid — did you notice that their chef took the title of “Prince of Pork” against the city’s best at Cochon 555?) and I still have fond memories of the Beeliner.

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