Take a Bite

New York City has more of everything than any other place on the planet, including deals, discounts and freebies. We're here to help you take an inexpensive bite out of Big Apple restaurants, theater, museums, shopping and more. Your guide is Evelyn Kanter, a lifelong New Yorker and journalist who has been writing about her hometown forever. Email us at info@thebigappleonthecheap.com

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Weekday Ski Discounts at Belleayre

There’s still nearly two months left to the ski and snowboard season in the Catskills, but Belleayre already has started its end-of-season discounts.  For the rest of the season, Bellayre is offering $20 lift tickets and $10 rentals, on  Wednesdays only, and $25 lift tickets on Fridays. Two-For-Tuesdays returns, with two lift tickets for the [...]

Ski Free Mondays at Stratton, Vermont

Spend the weekend skiing or riding at Stratton, Vermont, and the resort will throw in Monday for free.  You have to book a Friday, Saturday, Sunday three-night weekend lodging and lifts package, and the third day of skiing is free.  Prices start at $68 per night per person.  SKI Magazine has rated Stratton in the top ten [...]

Discounts to Ski Jiminy Peak for $15

Jiminy Peak is offering e-coupons that lower the price of Twilight skiing and riding from $39 to $15.  The e-coupons are for Monday, February 8th; Tuesday, February 9th; and Thursday, February 11th.  Twilight skiing and riding is from 3 pm – 10 pm.  These e-coupons join other deals, including additional e-coupons, available as part of Jiminy’s effort to make skiing more [...]

Half Off Warm Winter Outerwear, More at Eastern Mountain Sports

Even if you aren’t a skier, snowboarder or winter camping enthusiast, the jackets and fleeces at Eastern Mountain Sports will keep you both warm and fashionable, and at half price.  The winter clearance sale at the EMS store in Soho includes such brands as Marmot and Patagonia, with free on your entire order from The North Face.  The half-off sale [...]

Half Off New York Knicks Tickets

Love basketball?  The New York Knicks have just put a block of tickets on sale at 55% off  for two upcoming games, and you get a free Knicks T-shirt.  There are a limited number of seats in the 300 Level and Mezzanine at Madison Square Garden are now just $20, instead of  $44.50, for the Wednesday, Feb. 3 game against [...]

Free Skating at Bryant Park Ends Soon

The ice skating rink in Bryant Park is only FREE  ice skating in The Big Apple.  And like all good things, it doesn’t last forever.  The ice skating rink is closing on Sunday, Jan. 24th to make way for the spring fashion shows.  So grab your skates and go.  The rink is open daily from 8 a.m.  [...]

Free Ice Skating Show at Chelsea Piers

The Holiday on the Hudson free ice skating show at Chelsea Piers Sky Rink is scheduled for Friday, December 18, 2009, at 7 p.m.  It’s the 13th annual Holiday on the Hudson  event, which includes figure skating performances by children and instructors from the Sky Rink Skating School, plus ranked ice skating competitors.  Tickets are free, but [...]

Three Days of Skiing for Price of One

Mountain Creek is in the Pocono Mountains, just one hour from Times Square, and offers some interesting skiing and snowboarding runs and a great terrain park for practicing or perfecting your 720s (for those of you who don’t know, that’s a double turn in mid-air).  Through December 24th, you can buy the Triple Play Card, [...]