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NYC Bargain Finder: Free Breakfast at Starbucks

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:14:39 +0000

Free breakfast sandwich at Starbucks if you sign up for My Starbucks Rewards. Offer good through Sept 21. Click here for the NYC on the Cheap bargain finder [...]

Roundup of Labor Day Weekend Coupon Deals

Evelyn Kanter — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:37:14 +0000

There are sooooo many special disocunt deals this Labor Day Weekend. So grab a pencil to add up how much you’ll be saving.

Restaurant.com is offering $25 in delicious dining for just $3. Use the coupon code SAVORY. Offer good though Monday only.

Toys R US is giving 25 percent off new purchases if you trade in something [...]

NYC on the Cheap: NYC Restaurant Week Ending Soon

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:19:31 +0000

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. [...]

Good Deal: Kids Eat Free at IHOP in August

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:52:53 +0000

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 [...]

New Fine Dining Restaurants at Delta LaGuardia Terminal

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:51:34 +0000

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 [...]

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

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:51:17 +0000

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 [...]

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

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:30:13 +0000

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 [...]

New Daily Deal Website for NYC Restaurants, Events

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:40:00 +0000

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 [...]

Good Deal: $4.99 Rotisserie Meal at Boston Market

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:21:43 +0000

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 [...]

Free Coffee At Starbucks April 15th

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:25:26 +0000

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 [...]

Best New NYC Travel Guidebook

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:46:07 +0000

Peaceful Places NYC travel guidebook by Evelyn Kanter for residents, visitors

It’s mine. Just published. Peaceful Places New York City is your guide to more than 100 of the most tranquil, serene spots in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Most of the sites mentioned are free, and each and every one of them is [...]

Easter Sunday Lamb Roast at Pera Mediterranean Brasserie

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:11:07 +0000

Go whole hog for lamb on Easter Sunday at Pera Mediterranean Brasserie which is serving an all-day feast that includes house-made lamb sausage, lamb bacon, a trio of appetizers including homemade warm hummus, a trio of sides including oven-roasted cauliflower, and, of course, special Easter roast lamb. Lamb, not ham. Pera is a charming brasserie-style bistro [...]

Half Off at Lenny’s Clam Bar in Queens

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:19:06 +0000

Lenny’s Clam Bar has been serving up the freshest seafood in Queens for more than 30 years, from its location in Howard Beach. This week, it’s offering a half-off discount on your favorite clams, mussels, calamari and other seafood and shellfish favorites, as well as the restaurant’s famous homemade Italian dishes. Buy a $25 coupon through Half [...]

NYC Restaurant Week Begins Jan. 25

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:30:46 +0000

It’s enough to make you hungry. The Big Apple’s famous NYC Restaurant Week begins Monday, Jan. 25, and luckily for us, runs for two weeks, not one, through Sunday, Feb. 7. 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. [...]

Tavern on the Green RIP

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:10:03 +0000

At the stroke of midnight, Dec. 31, 2009, the Big Apple welcomed in the New Year, and lost a beloved friend. Tavern on the Green, the iconic, fabulously decorated restaurant in Central Park, closed forever, because some mis-guided NYC bureaucrats downtown would not renew their lease. More than 700,000 people a year ate, drank and partied at Tavern [...]

Last Minute New Year’s Eve Celebrations $50 or Less

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:18:32 +0000

There’s no reason to spend $150 or more for a champagne dinner in a fancy restaurant on New Year’s Eve when plenty of places are offering open bars and nibbles for $50 or less per person. Here are three affordable last minute suggestions from New York Magazine for partying your way into 2010:

Bondi Road, Lower Manhattan, has a three hour [...]

Christmas Brunch in Artful Location

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:22:45 +0000

It’s probably too late to get a reservation at a top midtown restuarant for Christmas dinner. So how about brunch instead? Murals on 54th is in an ideal location, close enough from the world-famous tree at Rockefeller Center to be a quick walk with tired and hungry kids, and just far enough to be away from the [...]

Johnny Rockets Contest for Seven-Night Cruise

Evelyn Kanter — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:33:24 +0000

Stop in at a Johnny Rockets for a chance to win a seven-night cruise on Royal Caribbean. The nationwide burger and shakes chain and the cruise ship line have partnered for a ”Cruise In and Win!” promotion. Even if you don’t win one of the five grand prize cruises, you can pick up coupons for the chance [...]

Check the Menu Before You Leave Home

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:24:33 +0000

Crave sushi in Soho, pizza in Park Slope, cheesesteak in Chelsea, Vegan near the Verazzano, or a wine bar on the West Side? You can find just what you are looking for on Menu Pages, which lets you search for restaurants, bars and take-out by neighborhood and category. Restaurants are rated for value and quality, and reviewed by customers. One [...]

East side bistro offers traditional Thanksgiving dinner for $29.95

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:20:28 +0000

The charming French bistro Sel & Poivre is offering traditional Thanksgiving dinner, with all the fixings, for $29.95. The restaurant is well-known known on the East Side for serving affordable food in an atmosphere that will transport you to Paris and make you forget you are four blocks from Bloomingdale’s. Sel & Poivre also offers a prix [...]