How do you ask a girl out for a meal?

Just tell her how you feel.... ask her would she be interested in going out to dinner with you.... Ask her if she's doing anything on the date in question, and then ask if she likes the kind of food served at the place you want to go. Then ask if she would like to go with you. Be casual about it if you're not really freinds, you might scare her if you try to act too romantic at first. You can act a little more intamate with a freind, but don't over do it unless you have reason to believe that she feels the same way about you. You might break the freindship if you flirt too much or try to get to 'close'.