Timeout Cheap Eats
Timeout New York's Cheap Eats issue is out (not available online without an online subscription). Their picks are organized into food groups, including "The 24-hour Snacker," "The Daring Diner," "The Compulsive Carnivore," "The Carbo Loader," "The Liquid Dieter," "The Kosher Keeper," "The Food Snob," "The Tofu Fighters," "The Galloping Gourmet," and. "the Total Cheapass".
The "Food Snob" category includes 5 "epicureans" and their favorite cheap eats. Jeffery Steingarten likes the "succulent, prize-winning" hamburger at Peter Luger for lunch ($6), an order of xiao long bao at Joe's Ginger ($4.25), and Otakfuku's okonomoyaki (savory pancakes) ($7).
My favorite cheap eats would have to include an order of dumplings at Fried Dumpling ($1), $1 Sushi at Mori, and brunch at 7A.
What are your favorite cheap eats?
When the weather gets cool, I like the $2 tacos and hot horchata from the taco truck at 96th and Broadway.
Posted by: joe | October 23, 2003 at 07:15 PM
The .75 spicy samosa at Pak Punjab, on the corner of 3rd street and 2nd ave, is a classic cheap eat. Grab four of those for $3 and you have lunch.
Posted by: Joe | October 24, 2003 at 09:08 AM
Corner Bistro burger. (about $4)
Rafiqi's street cart food. (about $4 for chicken and rice in Midtown)
Sandwiches at Panya. ($2-3)
Posted by: Jen | October 24, 2003 at 10:50 AM
75-cent hot dogs at Gray's Papaya on 72d and Broadway. Of course, they were even better when they were just 50 cents apiece...
Posted by: Jeremy | April 02, 2004 at 04:09 PM