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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Free Labor Day Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock Concerts at Riverbank State Park

Big Apple musicians shine on Labor Day at the FREE concert afternoon at Riverbank State Park.  The list of performers includes saxophone virtuoso Teodross Avery, whose style blends jazz and hip hop, the rock band Girls on Top, and the Latin salsa/jazz band El Timbalero.  The concert schedule also includes a performanc by the Becky Radway [...]

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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 voice, [...]

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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 course.  [...]

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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 29th.  [...]

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