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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Black History Month Obama Exhibit

The New York Public Library branch in Harlem has a FREE exhibit of photos of the first year in office of President Obama.  The photos are by Pete Souza, chief official White House photographer, ranging from candid shots of a father with his young children to the high drama aboard Air Force One.  Souza uses his own [...]

NYC Restaurant Week Begins Jan. 25

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 [...]

Split personality: one-woman show of 40 characters

Talented actress Antonia Dadon takes on 40 different personalities in a one-woman show that tells the history of the Harlem Renaissance through characters who lived it.  It’s funny and thought-provoking.  The play, “Zora” , is written by Laurence Holder, and is on a limited run at the Faison Firehouse Theater this weekend only, November 28th and [...]