Take a Bite

New York City has more of everything delicious you want than any other place on the planet, including cheap vacation deals, weekend get away discount packages, and lots of free things to do daily. We're here to help you take an inexpensive bite out of Big Apple restaurants, theater, museums, shopping and more. Your New York City tour guide is Evelyn Kanter, a lifelong New Yorker and journalist who has been writing about her hometown forever.

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NYC on the Cheap: NYC Restaurant Week Ending Soon

Take a bite of  The Big Apple’s famous NYC Restaurant Week before it ends on September 6th.  The annual food festival is so popular that it’s been extended through Labor Day.   It’s a spectacular opportunity to have a three-course lunch in 266 of the city’s best restaurants for $24.07 or dinner for $35.00.  Plus beverages and tips, of course.  [...]

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Good Deal: Kids Eat Free at IHOP in August

Kids eat free at IHOP during August, with the purchase of an adult meal.  Two adults, two kids eat free.  This is a deal!  Too bad there’s just one IHOP in the Big Apple — it’s at 2294 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. in Harlem.  But this is a national chain, and the kids eat free [...]

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New Fine Dining Restaurants at Delta LaGuardia Terminal

Delta Airlines is upgrading its LaGuardia Airport terminal with a dozen new fine dining experiences, including a seafood restaurant with a raw bar and a wine bar featuring micro-brews selected by Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver.  The new restaurants and cafes feature menus by famous New York City chefs including Michael Lomonaco of Porterhouse restaurant, and [...]

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iPhone App Delivers Take-Out Orders to Your Central Park Picnic

Through Labor Day weekend, you can order lunch, brunch or dinner from select restaurants via your iPhone, and have your meal delivered to your bench or picnic blanket in Central Park.  The iPhone app is from CityMint.  Delivery is limited to the Sheep Meadow.  Participating restaurants include affordable (that’s another word for cheap) Upper West Side [...]

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Get a $10 Gift Card at T. G. I. Friday's

T. G. I. Friday’s is promoting its new Caribbean-inspired “Taste of the Islands” summer menu with a $10 gift card. Just stop in and purchase two entries and you’ll be rewarded with a gift card for a future visit, or to give somebody else as a gift.  The offer is good through September 6, 2010, on [...]

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New Daily Deal Website for NYC Restaurants, Events

There are bargains galore on a brand new daily deal website BuyWithMe.com.  You never know what you’ll find, since the deals change daily, and are specific to The Big Apple.  The deal might be  a restaurant or session with a personal trainer today, a clothing boutique or theater tickets tomorrow.  Whatever it is, the  discounts are [...]

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Good Deal: $4.99 Rotisserie Meal at Boston Market

Boston Market is celebrating its 25th anniversary with  Rotisserie Meal Deal —   1/4 chicken or one thigh and two drumsticks,  two regular sides and cornbread.  The $4,99 price is what the meal cost in 1985 when the quick-serve chain opened for business.  Good deal!  There are more than one dozen Boston Markets within ten miles [...]

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Free Coffee At Starbucks April 15th

Ease the pain of IRS tax day April 15th with free coffee at Starbucks.  It will give you that extra jolt of caffeine to help you finish your taxes on time before the midnight deadline.  Or if you pulled an all-nighter on the 14th, the caffeine will help you get through the day’s work.  Just bring in your own mug [...]

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