Best Cheap/ Fairly priced Eats in NYC that Youve been to or heard of...

Whats the best places you guys have tried......

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'ino Cafe on Bedford St. near houston: the paninis are great and the truffled egg toast is amazing

Bereket turkish kebab on orchard and houston: the doner kebab is probably the best I have had in the city only when it is freshly sliced off the skewer thing though. It doesnt compare going to Bursa, Turkey and having doner kebab or iskander kebab (which is donor plus a **** load of other things) For the best I would go to Bursa where the lambs are brought in fresh from the mountains all the time...


Katz Deli

Le French Diner- right around Bereket on Orchard St.

Johns Pizza

Shake shack...not as good as before though but its ok

Clinton St. Bakery...on clinton st. ..the breakfast and other food is great esp the pancakes

A salt and batter for fish and chips (british owned and kind of overpriced...lacking in consistency also) greenwhich and 12

Bon Bon chicken...really good fried asian chicken...near city hall park

99 miles to philly for cheesesteaks on 3rd and 12

I like Lennys sandwhiches too... its not that bad price wise in this city. The sandwhiches are packed with lots of meat

Theyre opening a Five guys in manhattan so that will be really good for burgers too

+1 katz, shake shack, bereket, ino
bread in nolita is fairly reasonable. Soho Park, like a block away from uniqlo is good cheap eats. Right next to katz is russ+daughters, try whitefish salad with horeseradish cream cheese and wasabi fish roe on a bagel.

Bonbon chicken is one of those places I've been meaning to go to.

Chinatown has that shanghai cafe place for soup dumplings on mott just north of canal(and yes, better than joe's shanghai), good banh mi for 3.25 (paris sandwhich and the place accross the street), dim sum go go and NY noodletown, as well as doyers vietnamese.

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+1 katz, shake shack, bereket, ino
bread in nolita is fairly reasonable. Soho Park, like a block away from uniqlo is good cheap eats. Right next to katz is russ+daughters, try whitefish salad with horeseradish cream cheese and wasabi fish roe on a bagel.

Bonbon chicken is one of those places I've been meaning to go to.

Chinatown has that shanghai cafe place for soup dumplings on mott just north of canal(and yes, better than joe's shanghai), good banh mi for 3.25 (paris sandwhich and the place accross the street), dim sum go go and NY noodletown, as well as doyers vietnamese.

Doyers Vietnamese is the place downstairs right at the "angle" (used to be Viet Nam)? We've been going there for the past 10+ years....

I like Bonbon chicken as far as the chicken goes, but they need to offer something else besides bread or rice....

Check out Alfanoose on Maiden Lane....

Taste of Bengal (that's the name, I think), a minute walk away from C21, is pretty swell. Combo dish (chicken tikka + marsala over rice mmhhmm...) is $5.95. The guys are nice too.

yea, that's doyers. I was amazed when I first had their spring roll, i think it's become my standard for Vietnamese takeout places, and for the record, noone's topped it.

Tigerland in LES is one tier higher price-wise, but they use organic meats and veggies and have some of the best banh xeo(vietnamese egg crepe thingy) i've ever had. Attention to flavor there is amazing, so if you like doyers go try tigerland.

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Taste of Bengal (that's the name, I think), a minute walk away from C21, is pretty swell. Combo dish (chicken tikka + marsala over rice mmhhmm...) is $5.95. The guys are nice too.

Whereabouts? North on Church?

Does Flushing count, even though it's in Queens?

My friends used to take me to some of the Chinese restaurants there. Excellent eats and super cheap. On Main/Roosevelt, I recall.

Burger Joint at the Le Parker Meridien. Awesome food.

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Whereabouts? North on Church?

Yup. 149 Church St, 3 or 4 blocks north of C21.

I just looked it up. The name is actually "Taste of Tandoor".

-Bereket
-Curry Leaf (29th and Lex) - good Indian for $8-9 an entree
-Poke Sushi - 85th and 1st, not too cheap but good prices for really good sushi
-Milant Deli - Tastiest sandwiches for lunch - 39th and 3rd
-Some Taco place open late on the lower east side...soooo delicious
-Caracas (Venezuelan Food) - 8th and 1st or thereabouts

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-Bereket
-Curry Leaf (29th and Lex) - good Indian for $8-9 an entree
-Poke Sushi - 85th and 1st, not too cheap but good prices for really good sushi
-Milant Deli - Tastiest sandwiches for lunch - 39th and 3rd
-Some Taco place open late on the lower east side...soooo delicious
-Caracas (Venezuelan Food) - 8th and 1st or thereabouts

+1 on Milant deli. I don't think they have raised their prices in the last 5 years. Great lunch specials and dirt cheap for Midtown.

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Whats the best places you guys have tried......

99 miles to philly for cheesesteaks on 3rd and 12


99 MTP is really not that good. Carl's Steaks is far superior IMO.

Vertigo at 26th & 3rd has a fantastic cajun chicken sandwich.

Also, Mayrose @ 920 Broadway, though last time I looked they were under renovation.

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Also, Mayrose @ 920 Broadway, though last time I looked they were under renovation.

It is now closed. It's going to be an Italian place that started in Brooklyn.

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99 MTP is really not that good. Carl's Steaks is far superior IMO.

Vertigo at 26th & 3rd has a fantastic cajun chicken sandwich.

Also, Mayrose @ 920 Broadway, though last time I looked they were under renovation.

I find 99MTP & Carl's to be commensurate, but I suppose I'm not really a PCS afficianado (e.g. the thought of 'wid wiz' makes me shudder). If you're interested in a nice variation, check out BBsandwich Bar on W. 3rd. Some fancy pants chef from south jersey put a cheeseteak on a kaiser roll w/ a fiery pepper ketchup sauce. Very tasty. The chef guy flew the coop, but franchiser was doing OK.

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It is now closed. It's going to be an Italian place that started in Brooklyn.

Lunetta

in addition to what was noted above:
- Mamoun's (best taouk and falafel in NYU land)
- Falai Panetteria (great eggs and breakfast food, cool but small place)
- Bouchon Bakery (awesome sandwiches, salads and desserts from the kitchen of Thomas Keller)
- Pepe Rosso (2 tables, 6 chairs, awesome pasta at tiny prices)
- New York Burger Company (only good burger chain in NYC... until In'n'Out decides to come to the East coast)