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.

Know about a NYC cheap deal or event? Email us. info@thebigappleonthecheap.com

NYC Cheap Coupon Deals

$1.99 Product Sale! Order today!

Celebrate Fleet Week 2010 in NYC

Celebrate Fleet Week 2010 NYC May 26 to June 2

Fleet Week in New York City begins today, Wednesday, May 26th with the largest parade of the year, as dozens of U.S. Navy ships sail up the Hudson River.  There are Fleet Week 2010 events every day through Wednesday, June 2nd,  including the opportunity to tour the ships [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Swimwear Show at Lord & Taylor

Lord & Taylor is suiting up with Lucky magazine’s fashion experts to help us get in the swim.  It’s a free evening that includes a fashion show of latest swimwear trends plus advice to help us pick a swimsuit best suited to flatter our shape.  The swim event is happening at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 20th at the NYC flagship store, 39th [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Ripley's Times Square Discounts for May, Believe it or Not

Ripley’s describes its Believe it or Not exhibits as an “Odditorium”, but there’s nothing odd or strange about the discounts being offered for the month of May 2010. Use the coupon code VALPAK10 for discounts of $5 off the adult price and $4 off the kid price, for up to eight people at Ripley’s Timnes Square.  Be [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Musical Instruments on Sale

Christie’s is having an auction of fine musical instruments, including a rare 400-year-old viola from Brescia, Italy.  You might not have the $250,000 expected purchase price, but you can look — and that’s free.  Instruments are on view April 24th to 27th.  Christie’s in the Big Apple is at 20 Rockefeller Plaza.  [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

88 Cent Sale at JCPenney

Buy one item at full price, get one for 88 cents.  That’s the BOGO sale at JCPenney through Saturday, April 24th.  The 88 cent sale applies to clothing for men, women and children, shoes, and household linens.  Also, if you apply for the JCP Rewards program before April 24th, you get a $10 certificate for each [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Earth Day Celebrations in NYC

Grand Central Terminal is home base for the 40th Anniversary celebration of Earth Day in New York.  Earth Day New York kicks off April 19th with a week of activities that include events both inside and outside the historic train station.  Here is some of what is planned: 

a six-day indoor EarthFair in the terminal’s at Vanderbilt Hall, April 19th [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Easter Sunday Lamb Roast at Pera Mediterranean Brasserie

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 [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Cheap Tickets to Ringling Bros. Circus

Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, now called ”FUNundrum” is back in the Big Apple for its annual visit, and ticket prices are as low as $7.50 for performances through Wednesday, March 31.  As always, the circus is under the big tent called Madison Square Garden.   

Travelzoo is offering $15 Mezzanine [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes