Latch onto Quickie $8.50 Lunch Special at Babalu

Some days demand a fast repast that still feels like a real lunch break, involving friendly wait staff and made-from-scratch, mouthwatering options. Others lean toward a leisurely yet easy-on-the-budget lunch. Either way, the best new lunch buddy in town is the $8.50 lunch special at Midtown’s new Babalu Tapas & Tacos. Choose a quarter Babalu chop salad or soup of the day and two tacos plus a drink for $8.50 (excludes tax and gratuity) Monday through Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Located at 33 Peachtree Place at the corner of West Peachtree Street and Peachtree Place, the restaurant serves lunch daily in its spacious dining room and out on the huge covered patio. Babalu satisfies the lunch bunch, getting them in and out in a timely manner, all within easy walking distance of MARTA’s Midtown Station.